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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of November 19 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 Someone on Reddit.com posed the question, “What have you always been curious to try?” In reply, many people said they wanted to experiment with exotic varieties of sex and drugs they had never treated themselves to before. Other favorites: eating chocolate-covered bacon; piloting a plane; shoplifting; doing a stand-up comedy routine; hang-gliding and deep-sea diving; exploring the Darknet and the Deep Web; spontaneously taking a trip to a foreign country; turning away from modern society and joining a Buddhist monastery. What would your answer be, Aries? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to explore what you have always been curious to try. The risks will be lower than usual, and the results more likely to be interesting.

“Every saint has a bee in his halo,” said philosopher Elbert Hubbard. Similarly, some Libras have a passive-aggressive streak hidden beneath their harmony-seeking, peace-loving persona. Are you one of them? If so, I invite you to express your darker feelings more forthrightly. You don't have to be mean and insensitive. In fact, it's best if you use tact and diplomacy. Just make sure you reveal the fact that there is indeed a bee in your halo. I bet you will ultimately be pleased with the consequences you stir up through your acts of courageous honesty.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

Contrary to popular opinion, crime fiction author Arthur Conan Doyle never once had his character Sherlock Holmes utter the statement “Elementary, my dear Watson.” For that matter, Humphrey Bogart never actually said “Play it again, Sam” in the film Casablanca. Star Trek's Captain Kirk never used the exact phrase “Beam me up, Scotty.” Furthermore I, Rob Brezsny, have never before issued the following prophecy: “Deep sexy darkness and deep sexy brilliance are conspiring to bring you Tauruses intriguing pleasures that will educate the naive part of your soul”—until now, that is. At this juncture in the ever-twisting plot of your life story, I am most definitely saying just that.

Many people use the terms “cement” and “concrete” interchangeably, but they are not the same. Cement is powdery stuff that's composed of limestone, gypsum, clay with alumino-silicate, and other ingredients. It's just one of the raw materials that is used to make concrete—usually no more than 15 percent of the total mass. The rest consists of sand, crushed stone, and water. Let's regard this as a good metaphor for you to keep in mind, Scorpio.

If you want to create a durable thing that can last as long as concrete, make sure you don't get overly preoccupied with the “cement” at the expense of the other 85 percent of the stuff you will need.

Here are some thoughts from Gemini author Fernando Pessoa: “The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd—the longing for impossible things; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else.” Can you relate, Gemini? Have you felt those feelings? Here's the good news: In the coming weeks, you will be more free of them than you have been in a long time.

What will instead predominate for you are yearnings for very possible things and contentment with what's actually available to you. (Pessoa's words are from The Book of Disquiet, translated by Alfred MacAdam.)

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the next eight months—just as many of you other Virgos will finally wrap up tasks you have been working on for a long time.

The most important thing you can do in the coming weeks is learn how to take care of yourself better.

What? You say you're too busy for that? You have too many appointments and obligations? I disagree. In my astrological opinion, there's one task that must trump all others, and that is get smarter about how you eat, sleep, exercise, relax, heal yourself, and connect with people.

I can assure you that there's a lot you don't know about what you really need and the best ways to get what you really need. But you are ripe to become wiser in this subtle, demanding and glorious art.

LE0 Jul23–Aug22 Naturalist Greg Munson says that many dragonflies are great acrobats. They are the “Cirque du Soleil” performers of the animal kingdom. Not only do they eat in midair, but they also have sex. While flying, two dragonflies will hook up and bend into a roughly circular formation to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of their reproductive organs, thereby forming a “mating pinwheel.” I don't expect you to achieve quite that level of virtuosity in your own amorous escapades, Leo. But if you're adventurous, you could very well enjoy experiences that resemble having sex while flying.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Born under the sign of Virgo, Yuriy Norshteyn is a Russian animator who has won numerous awards. His Tale of Tales was once voted the greatest animated film of all time. But he hasn't finished any new films for quite a while. In fact, he has been working on the same project since 1981, indulging his perfectionism to the max. In 33 years, he has only finished 25 minutes' worth of The Overcoat, which is based on a story by Nikolai Gogol.

But I predict that he will complete this labor of love in

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “Whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice,” writes Louise Glück in her poem “The Wild Iris.” I think that will be a key theme for you in the coming weeks.

There's a part of you that is returning from oblivion— making its way home from the abyss—and it will be hungry to express itself when it arrives back here in your regularly scheduled life. This dazed part of you may not yet know what exactly it wants to say. But it is fertile with the unruly wisdom it has gathered while wandering.

Sooner rather than later, it will discover a way to articulate its raw truths.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 “There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness,” said American humorist Josh Billings. I propose that we make that your motto in the coming weeks. It's an excellent time to liberate yourself from memories that still cause you pain—to garner major healing from past anguish and upheaval. And one of the best ways to do that will be to let go of as much blame and rage and hatred as you possibly can. Forgiveness can be your magic spell.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 Denmark has been a pioneer in developing the technology to supply its energy needs with wind power. By 2020, it expects to generate half of its electricity from wind turbines. Recently the Danish climate minister also announced his nation's intention to phase out the use of coal as an energy source within 10 years. I would love to see you apply this kind of enlightened long-term thinking to your own personal destiny, Aquarius. Now would be an excellent time to brainstorm about the life you want to be living in 2020 and 2025. It's also a perfect moment to outline a master plan for the next 10 years, and commit to it.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Piscean actor Sir Michael Caine has had an illustrious career. He has won two Oscars and been nominated for the award six times in five different decades. But for his appearance in Jaws: The Revenge, he was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor. He confessed that his work in that film was not his best, and yet he was happy with how much money he made doing it. “I have never seen the film,” he said, “but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Pisces, you have permission to engage in a comparable trade-off during the coming months.

Homework: Is there any place in your life where you think you're doing your best, but in fact you could do better? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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Hands Out Project Homeless Connect offers services that fill a need beyond hunger BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS Watsonville, and was looking for a job.

“I have food benefits, but you can’t get hot food with those,” he says, wiping sauce from his face.

As the day wore on, our booth began to fill up. Couples down on their luck, young teens beaming after a new hair cut, and my favorite, a 32-year-old woman named Alma who confessed that she has been so stressed out looking for a job that her thick black hair has started falling out. We provided a hot water soak, a clean washcloth our visitors could keep, and a few drops of the essential oils that best fit their needs mixed into a fragrance-free lotion. Then, sitting across the table from our subjects, we treated them to the best mini-massage we could, and talked to them about what was going on in their lives. By the time Alma left she was a little more

relaxed, laughing, and inspired to seek out the Homeless Garden Project booth to inquire about a job.

Like the hot bar at Whole Foods, human touch, eye contact and conversation are all things that the non-homeless population takes largely for granted. But they are all fundamental to mental health, if not physical as well.

“When I was out there, people would, if I was standing at a stop light, lock their car doors. They would cross the street when they’d see me coming,” says Marcus Kelly-Cobos, 43, who was homeless on and off for 27 years, up until three years ago. “It was just totally demoralizing. And then I came here, and there were people who were talking to me eye to eye, and it just made a difference, because I knew that ‘OK, there are

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It was at the county’s fifth Project Homeless Connect event—and the first one to be held in Watsonville. Volunteering with the College of Botanical Healing Arts (COBHA), we were just one booth of around 40, and, at first, we weren’t very popular. People flocked to the DMV, the medical, dental, vision, employment, legal, and immigration service booths. They got their hair cut.

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“I saw the spaghetti and meatballs and that’s where I went first,” says Danny, 43, a recently divorced musician who spent the summer living outside, not far from Sir Froggy’s Pub in Soquel, after being kicked out of the garage he had been living in. He had recently found a cheap room to rent in

people out there that do really care.’”

When he attended the first Project Homeless Connect event at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in 2012, he just came for the free stuff, he says. At the time, he was living under a bridge

by Depot Park, drinking and doping every single day. “I was 150 pounds, 6 foot 2, highly undernourished. I was considered chronically mentally ill, and in and out of jail almost on a weekly basis,” he says. On a whim, Kelly-Cobos visited the substance abuse treatment booth of Janus of Santa Cruz. “My life’s gone from being in and out of jail in handcuffs, to actually advocating for addicts and alcoholics, and that’s what I want my life to revolve around.” Aside from volunteering at PHC, Kelly-Cobos is pursuing a double major in Criminal Justice and Human Studies at Cabrillo College, where he’s also a student senator.

At any given time, there are between 3,500-3,600 homeless persons in Santa Cruz County, according to Peter Connery, who heads up homeless research at Applied Survey Research, where he is vice president. “And of that, there’s probably close to 3,000 that are unsheltered at any given time.” But that number represents only the most literal of homeless. “It does not include people that are living in hotels or motels, tool sheds and barns, and you know, double, triple or quadrupled up in residential situations like we see especially here in South County,” he says.

Before I attended Watsonville’s first Project Homeless Connect event, which saw about 300 clients and about 150 volunteers, I was warned.

“Whoa, be careful. Don’t get sick, or stabbed,” said one friend. “Make sure you wash your hands after!” said another. But connecting with other human beings on a soul level is nothing to be afraid of.

“I believe we are not our behaviors, and we are not our life circumstances,” says Kelli Roth, a reiki master and COBHA board member who spent time working with the homeless population in New York City. “When you hold their hands and you’re doing this work, you’re seeing through their life circumstances, through their behavior, whatever they’ve done, and through to the perfection of their souls. We are all perfect deep down.”

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Sexism hurts everyone in society, says Chris Crass, an activist, writer, speaker, and stay-athome dad. That’s why even white males like himself should take an interest in putting a stop to it, he says.

“Men and boys are generally told to act like a man, which means to suppress all emotions except for anger, rage, jealousy, [and] greed, to suppress our emotional intelligence, our empathy, our compassion,” says Crass, who was at UCSC this past week for a discussion. “The way we raise men is to be emotionally incompetent and socially unaware … There is a whole range of ways that men are hurt by patriarchy.”

Crass, who’s based in Knoxville, Tennessee, is well known for his work around the idea of “collective liberation.” Crass spoke to these issues on Monday night, Nov. 17, at UCSC’s Oakes Learning Center.

Often, various “isms”—racism, classism, sexism—are seen as separate issues, with separate causes and separate organizations working on behalf of them for justice. But collective liberation, a term Crass discusses in his recent book “Towards Collective Liberation,” holds that these issues—and their solutions— are all interwoven. Injustice hurts everyone, says Crass; no group of people is free when another group is oppressed, and in order to actually work for justice, social activists and community organizers have to work across the lines of their various collectives.

One basic idea behind collective liberation is that racism actually hurts white people, too, just as sexism hurts men. “Whites are given greater access to resources, but at the same time, white people internalize a false sense of superiority,” Crass says.

Crass says that an African-American friend once explained that Crass had been taught that history, legacy, poetry, and literature from other races and cultures were not important. Looking back, Crass agrees. “I had been raised to completely ignore the lives of people of color, or see myself as someone who was going to save those people,” Crass says. “It’s cutting me off from so much of the incredible culture, knowledge, and history of communities of color.”

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SKYWRITING Vice Mayor Dene Bustichi is supporting a project to create a town center with a brand new Safeway.

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n the center of Scotts Valley, a large empty lot sits idly, as it has for decades. Various visions for the space have come and gone through the years without result, but in the not-too-distant future, the void in Scotts Valley could finally become its allure: a town center.

“It’s the last piece to a puzzle that we’ve been putting together for years,” says Scotts Valley Vice Mayor Dene Bustichi. “What we want to create is a very pedestrianfriendly, easy-to-navigate downtown area. We’ve done that with the transit center, the library, the community center—and what I think is the best park in Santa Cruz

County—the Skypark, and all of that is in within a quarter of a mile or less. And in the center—what I think would be the crown jewel—would be our town center. It would give us a public, walkable area that people can enjoy.”

For more than 20 years, the idea of constructing a town center in the space where the Sky Park Airport once operated between Mount Hermon Road and Kings Village Road has been debated by city officials, residents and developers.

According to Scotts Valley Mayor Jim Reed, there have been three historical factors inhibiting the Town Center project from becoming a reality. A pair of industrial-sized

propane tanks once lay near the site for more than 10 years, but were ultimately relocated. Other obstacles have included the high price of the land on the proposed site, and the relatively small population of Scotts Valley.

“We don’t have the same options in terms of attracting retail tenants that you have in Santa Clara or San Jose,” says Reed.

Bustichi says another obstacle was uniting all of the individual land parcels within the proposed Town Center site.

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A partner of Safeway, PDC first showed interest in the Scotts Valley Town Center project at a 2012 shopping center conference, which Bustichi attended. Bustichi admits that he was skeptical of the PDC initially, but after meeting with them at the end of the conference, he began to seriously consider bringing PDC on board. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We actually toured about 10 Safeway stores in the Bay Area, and what I saw was a different product at every location,â&#x20AC;? says Bustichi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw stores that looked different, and architecture that looked differentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; some of the architecture I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care forâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but what I did see is that

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Bustichi and fellow City Councilmember Stephany Aguilar also share concerns about the fate of the existing Safeway store on Mount Hermon Road, just several hundred feet from the proposed Town Center site. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did talk to PDC recently via phone, saying I had my concerns for the relinquishing of the lease on the property so that another market could come in, like a Trader Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, when Safeway relocates,â&#x20AC;? says Aguilar.

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While many city residents are generally excited for the Town Center project, a handful of small business owners near the current Safeway worry about what will happen with the building if Safeway moves out. Merchants have suggested that the next retailer might not draw as much foot traffic as a grocery store. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t affect my business, but I have no idea,â&#x20AC;? says Raelyn Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amelio, owner of the Little Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store, which shares

Pumas of the Santa Cruz Mountains are in the news againâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this time on a national scale.

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) recently published the â&#x20AC;&#x153;2014 Wastebook,â&#x20AC;? his annual list of wasteful government spending. Fourth on the list was a UCSC study on the hunting behavior of mountain lions. Coburn believes the National Science Foundation could have invested its money more wisely, writing that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;federal research agencies should better prioritize how tax dollars are directed to ensure adequate support for more pressing scientific endeavors.â&#x20AC;? The study was targeted for one unique aspect: it entailed training three captive mountain lions to walk on a treadmill.

The image of mountain lions on exercise equipment may sound peculiar, but Terrie

Williams, the studyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s principal investigator, says its findings will inform conservationists on how best to manage the species, which is good for everyone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mission is to reduce the burden of environmental debt that will have to be paid off by our children and grandchildren,â&#x20AC;? wrote the UCSC professor of animal physiology, in a response via the Los Angeles Times.

Williams says her team needed to train the large cats to walk on treadmills so they could calibrate the GPS-tracking collars used to measure the energetic cost of their movements.

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In the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) race, incumbent Larry Prather put together a slate that catapulted Eric Hammer (who came in first) and Gene

Ratcliffe to victory with two of three open seats, but couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t save his own reputation, which may have been tarnished by a June grand jury report into district mismanagement and poor financial oversight.

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are mostly receptive to these ideas.

Mireya Gomez-Contreras, program director at the Community Action Board, says there is definitely some truth in the ideas of collective liberation, including its impacts on people with power. It reminds her of what happens when two people get into an argument, and one person makes a racist comment—then things begin to escalate. Often, she says, both people leave such conversations with bad tastes in their mouth, reinforcing any ill thoughts either person had about other races. In that way, everyone loses.

“When there isn’t resolution it adds to your previous bad experiences with racism,” Gomez-Contreras says. “It just becomes less and less helpful.”

Others note collective liberation isn’t cut-and-dried. While injustice hurts both those with privilege and without, says Santa Cruz community organizer Sandino Gomez, the people with less power end up suffering much more.

“It’s a tricky concept, and it’s not always applicable,” Gomez says, of collective liberation.

“Oppressive policies and institutions do hurt both parties, but hurt the oppressed more.”

Overall, community leaders say Santa Cruz County itself is no stranger to inequality. The city of Santa Cruz, whose population is 67 percent white, has a median per capita income of $30,755, according to census data. The city of Watsonville, on the other hand, is 80 percent Latino and has a per capita median income of $16,541. Similarly, the median income of men in the city of Santa Cruz is about $8,000 more than that of women.

There are organizations in the area working to make a difference on many of these issues. Tim McManus, a lead organizer for Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action (COPA), says it takes collaboration from many different groups to create meaningful change.

“It doesn’t happen by accident, and it doesn’t happen because we hope it will happen. It takes real work,” McManus says.

“We have to work together around real issues,

not superficial things. And it also takes time. It takes slow, patient and respectful work.”

COPA works with community organizations such as churches, synagogues, nonprofits and schools to empower leaders to create change within economic, social, political and cultural life in the central coast.

One COPA initiative is at the Alianza Charter School, a bilingual elementary school in Watsonville. There, some parents get credentialed as COPA leaders, and work together to put students on tracks that will lead to college. The work involves engaging parents with a variety of socioeconomic and racial backgrounds.

“Some parents teach at Cabrillo, while some parents haven’t gone to school themselves much at all,” says Randa Johnson, an Alianza parent and COPA organizer. “It gives us different perspectives on issues. We want parents to be able to connect. It’s about giving people the opportunity to speak with each other, but not just to the people they normally speak with … We know that we will get farther if

we look at how it affects all of the different communities.”

Crass says one of his biggest goals is to get people to work across divisions.

“It’s all in service to how we can overcome these divisions between people, so we can create economic justice for everyone, health care for everyone, a living wage for everyone, and have a multiracial democracy that is about empowering people and being able to take on some of the fundamental issues we face around climate change, around wealth inequity,” Crass says.

Here in Santa Cruz, the Rev. Deborah Johnson of Inner Light Ministries says that although Santa Cruz is a progressive community, it still suffers from the problems that other places do.

“Everything is just as alive and well in Santa Cruz. The difference is when there’s denial.

If you can’t see the problem, you can’t fix it,” Johnson says. “There’s a danger in thinking you’re exempt.”

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Bustichi wants to be as cautious as possible about which retailers and restaurants would go into the Town Center.

“While there’s only so much we can do as a council, and we don’t want to restrict the free market, in this case, we do want to do our best to protect local businesses so that what does come into the Town Center is different,” he says.

Aguilar has also voiced concerns regarding the residential units that will accompany the Safeway anchor store and various shops. As a councilmember, she has made it clear to PDC that she believes it should build affordable, or “workforce housing units,” in the Town Center.

“Generally, the way that development is put together, they build the housing first because it pays for the retail element, and my concern is that they will build housing all around it and not above it. I was looking more for housing above the retail,” says Aguilar. “It’s a different market niche of housing that will allow for a diversity of professions to afford to live in Scotts Valley.”

At this stage, PDC is composing a specific plan for the space, which Bustichi hopes to see at the start of 2015, but the PDC does not have an official completion date for the plan.

Once the council and the public are able to scrutinize the proposal, a final agreement could be struck with PDC, and Scotts Valley may finally get its Town Center.

Hopes are high for the new Safeway in the city council, but after experiencing a series of starts and stops on the project in the past, councilmembers remain cautiously optimistic as it moves forward.

“This could easily be the most significant project in Scotts Valley for a generation or more, both in terms of its size and the impact it could have on our quality of life” says Reed. “That means it’s really important to get it right.”

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regular basis, and sometimes as a one-off.

The temporary nature of the popup is its greatest appeal, says Kopito.

“Giving birth to things is a beautiful thing,” he says, “but so is killing them. There are enough businesses that get started and people say, ‘OK. It’s here to stay. And it’s always going to be here.’ There’s too much of that around. We need more things that come and go.”

The pop-up model is simple: a chef strikes up an agreement with a restaurant, cafe or craft house, borrows their kitchen for a night and offers a simple menu focused around a handful of dishes.

Twice weekly, Kopito erects Mortal Dumpling downtown and

offers Cantonese cuisine and dim sum dishes like steamed buns, fermented veggies, pork belly stew, veggie-stuffed dumplings, and more.

He takes comfort in knowing that should Mortal Dumpling ever bore him or his customers, he can put the pop-up to a quick and honorable death.

“It doesn’t peter out,” he says of the model, “it doesn’t struggle and it doesn’t have to resort to different tactics to get people in the shop. It’s a different type of life, and I think that’s nice.”

Pop-up chefs have a unique advantage: they don’t pay overhead or kitchen staff, and if their menu is a dud, they lose only one night’s investment. Liberated of heavy

financial obligations, they are free to express themselves and experiment.

“The beauty of pop-ups is that there’s not a lot of risk,” says Zach Davis, co-owner of POPUP, a new restaurant space on Pacific Avenue dedicated entirely to pop-ups. “If people show up, that’s great. If not, we’ll try the next thing.”

Davis and Kendra Baker launched POPUP earlier this year. Guest chefs rotate through their kitchen on a changing basis. Davis and Baker provide the space and staff; the chefs bring the dishes and ideas. “The beauty of it is the spontaneity, the temporary nature of it,” says Davis.

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That’s because Kopito is the creator of Mortal Dumpling, a staple in Santa Cruz’s blooming culinary trend known as pop-ups. These ephemeral dining experiences “pop up” into existence at kitchens around town, sometimes on a semi-

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POPUP’s first event was with Anthony Myint, a chef known for his San Francisco eateries like Mission Street Food and Mission Chinese Food. He offered two simple noodle dishes; one with chicken, shallots, ginger, and spices in coconut milk broth, and the other with sautéed mushrooms and a white soy sauce over buckwheat noodles. POPUP has seen many chefs and menus since its inception. Just this month, the template restaurant offered Norwegian Aeropress-brewed coffee on Saturday and dripping meatball subs the following Friday. Mortal Dumpling owns the Thursday slot.

Another regular at POPUP, the Manresa Bread Project, delivers gourmet gluten on Wednesdays; offering sourdough loaves and artisan pastries like wheat berry levain and onion Gouda tartines.

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scene. While waiting for Manresa to rebuild, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been enjoying the popup venue as a means to explore, and using the opportunity to reconnect to the simple southern cuisine he grew up with in Mississippi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of chefs donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have their own outlet,â&#x20AC;? says Parker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re always cooking someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food through someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an outlet to do their own thing.

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ur first encounter with new chef Roger Gowen’s emerging Shadowbrook menu was a pleasure from start to finish. Gowen’s ideas are gradually inflecting the dining experience at this astonishing landmark— astonishing because the reliable hillside restaurant has managed to stay on top of its game across more than 60 years. The charm has not diminished, from the gracefully meandering Italianate walkway to the multi-level architecture. Lake Como meets Oz. For good reason, locals as well as visitors persist in spending their special occasions in Shadowbrook’s pampering atmosphere.

After culinary school in Sacramento, Gowen worked restaurants in Los Gatos before coming to the Santa Cruz area.

“When I first moved here, I did catering for 11 years,” he says.

“It was fun, but line work is even more so.” Gowen was sous chef at Shadowbrook before stepping into the top chef role. Shadowbrook’s new sous chef is William Poolman, most recently executive chef for a dozen Charthouse restaurants.

Gowen is diving into sourcing new local, organic ingredients.

“I’m working with local purveyors—also sourcing geese, beef, ducks. I’m really interested in that.” Not planning on adjusting the

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“tried and true” menu favorites, the chef looks forward to concentrating on seasonal changes.

“The work is creative and enjoyable,” he admits, “and my staff is great.” Gowen manages 33 line cooks, bus boys, sous chefs and others. “A lot of hands and minds go into this work.”

The results proved more satisfying than ever, even with Shadowbrook’s storied reputation. We began dinner with glasses of Frog’s Leap Sauvignon Blanc 2013 and warm ciabatta rolls.

Service here balances warmth with professionalism. An appetizer of the chef’s new succulent calamari gave the entire concept of “fried calamari” new sophistication. Lightly—very lightly—breaded and dusted with cilantro, the plump calamari was joined by a zesty Asian slaw of napa cabbage, cilantro, radish and an overtone of jalapeño. A dipping aioli spiked with tomato and more spicy peppers sparked every bite into piquant flavor.

Another appetizer of salmon cakes came topped with miso-sauteed zest of carrot and zucchini, with pools

of ponzu sauce in the corners of the plate. Moist and sensuous, the delicious cakes were glazed with wasabi ginger and sat on a bed of transparent sea greens. Very Pacific Rim, just as the menu promised.

This dish, plus a glass of the bright citrusy sauvignon blanc, made the perfect appetizer. We liked another of chef Gowen’s new dishes, a salad that burst with autumn flavors.

Mixed infant beet greens and baby spinach had been laced with toasted walnuts, slender wedges of Golden Delicious apple, and almost transparent sliced beets. But the best thing was the exceptionally light, tangy buttermilk dressing. It blew away preconceptions of “heavy, creamy, overwhelming” usually associated with buttermilk dressing.

Gowen’s skilled hand with saucing and glazing was becoming rapidly apparent.

Switching to glasses of a meaty, spicy 2005 Georis Carmel Valley Merlot, we settled into entrees of tender beef short ribs and absolutely classic niçoise salad, showcasing a freshly made mustard vinaigrette that might have been flown in from Aixen-Provence. A crimson slice of barely seared ahi sat on top of boldly flavored spinach, sided with tiny red potatoes, expertly sauteed al dente green beans, niçoise black olives, tomatoes and sliced hard-boiled egg. Defying cliché, this salad was elegant enough to qualify as a destination dish.

The braised beef short ribs were perfumed with star anise and a glaze of tamarind and plum. Rich and generous, the portion showcased exceptionally tender beef, intricately seasoned, partnered with gingerinfused rice and fresh green beans satisfying enough to stand alone.

Had we saved room, we might have tried the evening’s housemade pear sorbet, or a crème fraîche panna cotta with rhubarb sauce. Gowen told us that his new menu would include duck with orange sauce, an updated “lighter version” of roast chicken, and a hazelnut-encrusted trout.

We’ll be back to try that dish for sure, as Gowen continues to help the stately Shadowbrook defy all stereotypes and expectations.

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STY AWHILE Daniel Maxfield with his pigs at Mountain Whale Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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to the breached wire enclosure. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to start over now, teach them to respect the fence.â&#x20AC;?

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drives the half-hour every morning from his home in Los Gatos to the pig ranch where he spends most of his waking hours with his fat, happy wards.

Because they live such a fulfilling life, customers pay a premium for their meat. Up to $1,500 a carcass, depending on its age and how much of that prime grain feed it gobbled up. A full-bellied hog, perfect for bacon, is a little pricier because it has to mature a little longer and requires more feed. A good roaster, which tends to be a bit leaner, goes for about $1,000.

Despite the cost, every pig on the ranch is spoken for, some sold to restaurants and some to individuals.

“This is quite different from commodity pork,” says Maxfield, perched on a dinged-up stool near the open-air slaughter station, where he rubs the hog bellies to lull them before the kill. (Any hint of stress toughens the meat, which means they can never know when death is nigh.) “The quality of fat is extraordinary—the best fat—not that bright white you normally see, but more of a brown color.” Unlike those pink, antibiotic-pumped cuts from the supermarket, Maxfield’s meat is “red, almost beefy.”

He breeds a cross of Gloucester Old Spot and Mulefoot hogs—both natural foragers that thrive in forests and produce nutrient-dense meat with flavorful lard—a mix he calls Mulespots.

“From the time that mama gets pregnant to when the meat ends up on my fork—that’s a year,” he says.

“The entire time, we make sure it lives a stress-free existence to get the best possible product. That’s what I want to eat.”

Growing up on a farm in the Utah mountains, Maxfield tended pigs from a young age. His family was poor, raising the hogs to eat.

“We’d breed every year,” he says.

“Sell to everyone else, keep one for ourselves.”

He always liked the hogs because they were smart and social, with personalities a lot like a dog. They have a range of expression other livestock seem to lack. He hated

seeing them cooped up.

“They weren’t abused, but they weren’t on pasture,” he says. “They were kept in confinement, in these horrible little pens.”

When he was 15, Maxfield left the family farm. Eventually, he wound up in California, and after a decadeslong career in healthcare and a stint at San Jose’s Tech Museum, he fell back to his roots. Laid off from the museum in 2008, a casualty of the recession, he began volunteering at Love Apple Farm.

The pigs started out as a little side project until Maxfield landed the ranch in 2012 thanks to a charitable landlord who offered the mountain acreage up for a cheap lease. The moniker came from a recipe in an old cookbook that called for “mountain whale,” what Japanese monks called wild boar.

“It stood out to me,” Maxfield says.

“Also because the book Moby Dick had such an impact on me when I was younger. Farming life, on this micro-scale, is like chasing a big, white whale. I knew that then and I experience that now.”

Pork, he insists, is good for the planet in a way beef can never be.

Pigs have a smaller footprint and more utility—virtually every part, snout to tail, is usable.

“With a cow, they take up so much space,” says Maxfield. “And their head is huge, but you can’t really use that. Well, most people don’t, except in some French cuisine.”

Maxfield’s way may not be the most profitable—he’d be in the black if he bought a lesser-grade feed—but it’s the only way he’ll eat it, thus the only way he’ll sell it.

“It’s a rebellious act,” he says.

“You have to be a little nuts to be a chef and buy a whole pig, to extract the value out of a whole carcass.

You need flexibility on your menu, to say that no we can’t just have cheek meat. You got to have just ‘pig’ on the menu, and create something around that. Make it worthwhile.”

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al Peternell will spend Thanksgiving the way you’d imagine a chef from Chez Panisse would, with friends like Oakland restaurateur Charlie Hallowell. They’ll push tables together, crack good bottles of wine, and compare creative notes.

But right now, Peternell is still on tour for his new book, “Twelve Recipes,” which he wrote for his son, who had just left home and was hungry for culinary building blocks.

Needless to say, dad is on speed dial. Peternell will be appearing at Bookshop Santa Cruz at 7 p.m. on Nov. 20, and I asked him to share some holiday cooking tips with our readers.

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It’s almost Thanksgiving. What would you recommend for those of us who have to prepare dishes for the sweet potatoes-withmarshmallows crowd?

CAL PETERNELL: I love any holiday built around cooking and eating, but Thanksgiving is the burrito of holiday meals. It can be really satisfying, but it’s mono-textural in tone and flavor. I would never tell someone to ditch the sweet potatoes, but I like a bit of contrast, too. Take sweet root veggies that you can eat raw, like turnips, carrots, radishes, even fennel and kohlrabi. Slice them as thin as you can, then toss them with something

What’s the best strategy for getting through the holidays without bursting at the seams?

Shift the focus to vegetables. Also, what I find unattractive about a plate of food during the holidays is that there are too many things on it. One way to deal with that is to serve your meal in courses. Another is to narrow it down. Cook the rest of your favorites some other time. All those things don’t have to be served on the same day.

Many people find cooking intimidating. What’s the best approach?

as simple as lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper. It’s a crunchy, fresh, seasonal salad that provides a great counterpoint on the plate.

Let’s talk turkey.

Do you have any Christmas cooking traditions?

We tweaked a holiday tradition that my mother used to do. She’d make a big pot of beef chili on Christmas Eve. Our oldest son was born on Christmas Eve, so it’s also his birthday party, but he didn’t seem excited about the chili, so we make Bolognese spaghetti instead, also very meaty and rich. We have a big colorful salad of different chicories with it, a sharp contrast that cuts nicely through the meat sauce.

What’s the best part of being a chef?

The excitement of pulling together as a team to make the night go well.

People call the kitchen staff a crew, and it has a certain similarity to setting sail in that once the evening begins, there’s no turning back. What you create has to be good enough.

How did you get started?

I worked my way through art school as a waiter, but always paid attention to the kitchen. After school, my wife and I moved to Lucca, Italy, where we restored murals. The way Italians integrate food into their lives spoke to me.

When we got back to San Francisco, I asked a friend to make a list of the best restaurants around, and stopped by. Eventually a great guy hired me. I just worked my way up.

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Some people like the look of a whole bird, but I like to take it apart.

Before cooking, I remove the legs and roast the breast by itself, bones in, mashing up butter with fresh herbs and garlic to stuff under the skin, which helps keep it fatty. I braise the legs and thighs separately with vegetables, herbs, white wine and chicken stock until the meat falls off the bone.

I’m a fan of local, organic, seasonal food, but not everyone has that access, and because I wrote this book as encouragement to my son, I wanted it to be approachable. In the Bay Area, we have great produce, but even if you don’t, cook anyway.

There’s real pleasure to be found in the kitchen. It’s one of the last places where you can still make something with your own hands.

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DRAWING A CROWD Chris Hedges will speak about civil liberties in Santa Cruz on Sunday, Nov. 23, at 5:30 p.m.

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that embraces compassionate action. He will speak about these strategies in a talk titled “Defending our Civil Liberties” on Sunday, Nov. 23, at Inner Light Ministries in Santa Cruz.

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What are your greatest concerns about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)?

Section 1021 of the NDAA overturns over 150 years of domestic law that prevents the U.S. military from domestic policing. It authorizes the military to carry out, in essence, extraordinary rendition of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil who, in the words of that section, “substantially support” Al Qaida, the Taliban or something called “associated forces.” This is not materially support, which is a defined legal term. It strips citizens of due process and holds them in military facilities until, in the language of this section, “the end of hostilities.” In an age of permanent war, that means probably forever.

& Saturday, November 29th 9th You were also a plaintiff in an earlier lawsuit challenging warrantless wiretapping, even before the Edward Snowden revelations.

We brought the case Klapper vs.

Amnesty International because we suspected mass surveillance was happening. The government attorneys said that I and the other plaintiffs had no right to bring the case because any charge that we were being monitored by the government was, in the words of these lawyers, “speculation.” They went on to say that if we were being monitored, the government would tell us. All of this we now know is false because of the Snowden revelations. Not only am I being monitored, everyone’s being monitored.

What can be done to resist current policy?

Any kind of resistance is important.

I come out of the Dorothy Day, Christian Anarchism tradition.

Anarchism is an understanding that power is the problem no matter who holds it. We have to build movements that threaten centers of power. Strong labor and mass movements are key to a healthy, open society.

How do you respond to people who say, ‘I don’t mind being watched; I don’t do anything wrong?’

Those people don’t understand how totalitarian systems work. They better turn off their televisions and start reading Hannah Arendt.

Totalitarian systems carry out wholesale surveillance not to find crimes. It’s so they have information should they seek to shut down an individual or a group. As a reporter, I covered the Stasi State in East Germany. When you are watched 24 hours a day, as we all are, you can’t use the word liberty. That’s the relationship between a master and a slave.

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Tell me about the federal lawsuit you filed against President Obama challenging the NDAA? In January 2012, I met with lawyers and we sued the president. Judge Katherine B. Forrest declared that not only was the law unconstitutional, but that it opened the way for the government to criminalize whole categories of people and hold them in military detention facilities. She brought up the 110,000 Japanese Americans who were interned in military camps without due process during World War II. The Obama administration immediately appealed the decision.

They demanded that Judge Forrest lift the temporary injunction, and put the law back into effect.

To Judge Forrest’s credit, she refused. That next morning, the government attorneys went to the Second Circuit [Court of Appeals] and asked them to put the law back into effect in the name of national security. I suspect there probably

are U.S-Pakistani dual nationals already being held in places like Bagram or other “black sites.”

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It’s the city where, like so many others, he found himself.

“Before my brain congealed I was a feral child/ Raised Republican for real/ Then I moved to Santa Cruz and my spirit healed,” he recites from a song he’ll play at the upcoming Planet Cruz Comedy Hour on Saturday, Nov. 22.

While you may have heard that song before, there is plenty of fresh material and a roster of noteworthy stand-up comedians (“the most progressive, clever and telling standups”) slated for the upcoming show, co-written by Stockton and GT coverstory moonlighter Sven Davis, with an emphasis on local issues and tropes.

“An amazing amount of talent has decided to come together for these shows we do. I’m not quite sure why,” says Stockton.

“We have Kellen Erskine and he’s just a brilliant deadpan, one-liner comic. In honor of the drought, Santa Cruz has found the driest comedian in the country,” says Stockton. “Teresa Tudury is just this brilliant singersongwriter with this really progressive element to her.”

The comic line-up has an impressive resumé, with comedians who have

performed on NBC and BET, national late night shows and America’s Got Talent. Comedian Don Reed, who was discovered in the ’80s by Bill Cosby and went on to do 1,000 warm up acts for Jay Leno, is coming to Santa Cruz for the first time via Planet Cruz.

The goal of Stockton’s decidedly “left coast” show is to unpack this city’s unique weirdness; “You can be who you want to be here. A stockbroker came here and was bored with being a stockbroker and he liked to sew. He reinvented himself as the Great Morgani; I just meet all kinds of people.”

Stockton formed the comedy variety show at Kuumbwa Jazz Club in 2007, and it’s become locally famous (and infamous) for poking fun at local politics and culture. Nowadays, the “Prairie Home Companion”-esque show is broadcasted through podcast and radio, reaching ears far and wide.

“I got an email from these guys, they’re a scientific exploration thing—I think NASA is involved— these guys are in a submarine under the Antarctic and somebody sent them a CD of a whole bunch of Planet Cruz shows and apparently they listened to them under the South Pole” he says. “I was kind of proud of that.”

Info: 7:30 p.m., Nov.22, Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-8209. $20-$25.

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Big Time Ray Brown’s Great Big Band revives a genre standout of the Bay Area jazz scene and a top-notch, 19-member strong, bona fide big band.

The Great Big Band, which took 15 years to put together, emerged out of Brown’s desire to focus his musical energy on a band of his own.

“I had been writing for other people for such a long time that I finally wanted to do it under my own name, with my own players,” he says. “It’s sort of like a carpenter doing his own kitchen rather than building kitchens for everybody else.”

The band’s book of material is written exclusively by Brown, who has a rich musical history, including writing for Count Basie and playing trumpet in Stan Kenton’s band. These days, Brown does more arranging than composing because, as he says, there are already so many wonderful standards and jazz tunes out there.

“Arranging is not like redecorating, like you would a house,” he says.

“Arranging is like tearing a house down to its footprint and then remodeling it on whatever tune you’re doing. The tune would be the house footprint.”

Brown counts himself lucky that he was born into a musical family and credits not only his own introduction to jazz, but also that of generations of students, to his father Glenn Brown Sr., who played in Xavier Cugat’s Latin Band and was music supervisor for the Long Beach Public Schools in Long Island, New York. In his position overseeing music in the schools, he introduced jazz education and laid the musical foundation for countless kids.

Carrying on their father’s passion for jazz, both Brown and his brother Steve made careers of it and have spent the last 40 years as jazz educators in college systems.

Ray Brown’s Great Big Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, at Cabrillo College Crocker Theatre, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. $20. 479-6154.

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f you wanted to go dancing in the 1930s, ’40s, and early ’50s, you went where the big bands were. But when rock ’n’ roll came along, young people turned to concerts rather than dance floors to get their groove on. These days, big bands are hard to find. They pose hefty logistical challenges, it’s near impossible to pay the musicians what they’re worth, and ballrooms are few and far between—all realities that pose the question: are big bands an endangered species? Not if Ray Brown has anything to say about it.

A local jazz educator, composer, arranger, musician and bandleader, Brown is an anchor for jazz in Santa Cruz and a passionate advocate for big band music. His own Great Big Band is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and shows no signs of slowing down. Named for both its size and the quality of its members, the band is a

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Before Brown was a teacher, however, he had what would prove to be a life-altering opportunity to play with the legendary Kenton. He had just finished a stint in the Army and was days away from going back to school for his master’s degree when he got the call.

“Just before I was going to go to the University of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign,” Brown explains, “Stan Kenton called and asked if I would like to play with his band.” He adds with a laugh, “Which I did.”

Brown says the 15 month experience with Kenton absolutely informs his own style. Unlike other big bands at the time, including Duke Ellington’s and Count Basie’s, which had eight brass instruments, Kenton had 10: five trombones and five trumpets. Brown picked up writing for 10 brass and never let it go. He also saw first-hand how to be a great bandleader.

With Kenton, Brown performed all over the U.S., Europe and Canada, and every night they would leave the audience wanting more. That way, the next time the band came through town they would fill the house.

Because of the logistical challenges of a big band, Brown’s Great Big Band plays only a handful of times each year, so keeping audiences wanting more is easy. When asked what the band is playing for its upcoming 25th anniversary celebration at Cabrillo College’s Crocker Theater, Brown says he’s still deciding. A few days ahead of time, he’ll finalize the song list and send it to the band. The band is so proficient that they can just sit down and read the selections, with minimal rehearsal.

A much-loved and respected member of the local music community, Brown raves about Santa Cruz as a hotbed for jazz.

“This is one of the greatest towns for jazz in the entire country,” he says.

“Kuumbwa books nine or 10 months ahead of time because people want to play there. You can hear a pin drop in that place.” He adds, “There is no place like it, and I’ve played all over the world.”

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ohn Craigie felt mortified the morning after he considered stealing a jar of marijuana from fellow singer/songwriter Todd Snider backstage at the Catalyst two years ago. He confessed the whole ordeal to a friend, who laughed hysterically at the incident and convinced Craigie, a UCSC grad, to write a song about it.

And thus began Craigie’s rambling, self-deprecating folk tune about a theft that never was—the non-victim a man Craigie had long idolized.

“I was self conscious to sing it. As I sang it more, I realized how funny it was,” remembers Craigie, who tours almost year-round, often crashing on couches of fans.

Concert footage of the song got passed around via YouTube. Snider, long-established in the national Americana music scene, eventually heard it, and loved it. The saga came full circle, though, when Craigie performed at the High Sierra Festival this past July, and looking out over the crowd, spotted Snider right in the thick of it. Craigie looked down at his set list. “I Almost Stole Some Weed From Todd Snider” was next.

Craigie avoided eye contact with Snider for the entire song, and as he wrapped up the song a few minutes later, he noticed Snider was gone.

When he struck his last chord, Craigie heard someone on the edge of the

stage talking to the sound guy. And then he saw Snider walking straight toward him. When Craigie extended his hand for a handshake, Snider held out a jar of Mary Jane. After that, Craigie’s memory gets blurry.

“When this happened, it was almost like serration overload,” Craigie says.

“Everyone was cheering. I just peaked.

I was able to step out of the moment and realize how perfect it was.

Sometimes life will do something so good, everyone will think it’s scripted.”

Of course, many of Craigie’s songs are about love, loss, and life on the road, too, not just silly stories. But apparently, if you want to reach someone more famous than you, writing a song for the person might be a good way to do it. Craigie says Burning Man creator Larry Harvey has heard “Let’s Talk This Over When We’re Sober, and We’re Not at Burning Man,” another one of his own cult hits.

Similarly, Chuck Norris is a big fan of the young troubadour’s “Chuck Norris’ Tears Cure Cancer, Too Bad He Never Cries,” and Craigie has the autographed headshot of the former Walker, Texas Ranger star to prove it.

“These are things I’ve learned in the business,” Craigie says. “If you write a song specific enough, the way the Internet is, it will get to them.”

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HEALTHIER HOLIDAY PIE BAKING The only good thing about the weather getting somewhat colder in the fall and winter months (save for that freak 80-degree day in December) is that you have all the delicious holiday treats to enjoy. Turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, holiday cookies, hot cocoa with marshmallows and pies, pies, pies. While the latter might satisfy the sweetest of teeth, oftentimes the season leads to the Eater’s Remorse period of January.

New Leaf has got your back on this one; they’re offering a cooking class on how to make the season’s very best in pumpkin pie, mincemeat tarts, apple pies, whipped cream, ice cream and all without gluten, dairy or refined sugar. Basically, they’ll teach you how to indulge in your favorite decadent desserts, without the guilt.

Info: 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., Wed., Nov.19. New Leaf Community Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. $25.

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Christmas in 105-degree weather with three convicts—sounds like a party! Or at the very least, the perfect setting for a holiday production from Mountain Community Theater. MCT is putting its own twists on the French play La Cuisine des Anges, which was immortalized by the 1955 film classic We’re No Angels. This play, based on the film (which was, again, based on a play), might lack Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov, but in their stead are locals Marty Lee Jones, Mindy Pedlar, Jackson Wolffe, and others. Written by Samuel and Bella Spewack and directed by local theater veteran Robin Aronson, the show is set at the turn of the 20th century, and opens this Friday. MCT is the longest-running local community theater company to operate as a nonprofit.

Info: 2, 8 p.m., Nov.21-Dec.14, 9400 Mill St., Ben Lomond. 336-4777. $10-$20.

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WEDNESDAY 11/19 ARTS AGELESS ART PROJECT Artist and crafts people share your artistic skills and make creative expression possible for residents in care facilities by becoming an Ageless Art Project volunteer .104 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz.

459-8917 x 208, scohelanfsa@gmail.com STAND UP COMEDY AT CALLAHAN'S As seen on the “Today Show,” comedian Nick Stoberi. Come see the winner of the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records Longest Tongue and many other talented comics at Callahan's Bar. No Cover, fun times, all welcome (except those under 21 yrs of age). Callahan's Bar 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. 507 Water St . No Cover.

REVISIONING OUR POEMS You've written a poem, now what? Use proven editing techniques to cast your work in its best light.

Bring a poem you would like to work on with the drop-in group. Facilitated by Magdalena Montagne. Sponsored by the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Library. 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. La Selva Beach Public Library, 316 Estrella Avenue, La Selva Beach. magdarose@hughes.net. Free.

BUSINESS SAWYER CHIROPRACTIC GROUP ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Join us for a fun afternoon and evening for our past, current and future patients and members of the community. Festivities include activities for the whole family, a bounce house, face painting, and live music. Plus, bring a can of food to donate to Second Harvest Food Bank to enter to win a Ninja Blender or Google Tablet. As day transitions to evening, the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce will host a special ribbon cutting ceremony and free mixer. 3-7:00 p.m. Sawyer Chiropractic Group, 700 River St, Santa Cruz. 457-2000. Free.

A WALK THROUGH THE GRADES Join us for a guided tour around our beautiful campus.

We will briefly observe each class in session starting with kindergarten and through to 8th grade followed by a 30-minute Q & A. Light refreshments are served. this event is for adults only. Space is limited so please contact

THURSDAY 11/20 ‘ON THE SAME PAGE’ COMMUNITY READS EVENT Spearheaded by the Extended Learning Program Family Literacy Project and Santa Cruz philanthropist George Ow Jr., the ninth annual “On The Same Page” event will feature leading Chicano writer Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez has published 15 books spanning memoir, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and poetry, and will be available to sign copies of his best-known book, the 1993 award-winning memoir of gang life “Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.” This event strives to support educators and empower youth and families with a message of hope and inspiration.

Info: 6 p.m. Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing Arts, 250 East Beach St., Watsonville. Free.

Enrollment director, Deborah Lindsay. 8:30 10:30 a.m. Santa Cruz Waldorf School. info@ scwaldorf.org or 425-0519.

CLASSES EMERITI LECTURE Plant scientist Lincoln Taiz, professor emeritus of molecular, cell and developmental biology to give UC Santa Cruz emeriti lecture, "Agriculture, Population Growth, and the Challenge of Climate

Change." 7 - 8 p.m. Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz. 459-4352. Free.

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Info: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Nov.21-23, Soquel Elementary, 2700 Porter St., Soquel. 464-5655.

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MOVIE "RUN FROM THE CURE The Rick Simpson Story.” Someday Rick Simpson will be a household name. What he decided to do for his skin cancer has led to thousands being helped. Rick tried to tell his doctors about his success but they wouldn't listen.

This film brings his story right to you to hear firsthand about this amazing plant and its healing properties. 7 - 9:30 p.m. 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 708-8626. www.

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MUSIC THE CAROLYN SILLS COMBO ACOUSTIC AT PHIL'S FISH MARKET The Carolyn Sills Combo will play acoustic on the third Wednesday of every month at Phil's Fish Market in Moss Landing. Let them serenade

you with classic country and western while you don a lobster bib. 6 - 8 p.m. Phil's Fish Market, Moss Landing. Free.

VOLUNTEER RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Volunteers are needed to work at registration and the canteen at American Red Cross blood drives in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Orientation takes place from Noon2 p.m. usually on the third Wednesday of every month. Pre-registration is required.

Latter Day Saints Church, 220 Elk St., Santa Cruz. Mary Woodill 408-202-1896; Mary.

Woodill@redcross.org. Free.

ART SUPPLIES NEEDED Pajaro Valley Arts Council is seeking donations of art materials and supplies, as well as musical instruments, for an upcoming event to benefit the art teachers of the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Drop off your donations November 19, 20, and 21: The Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St., Studio #125 and in >50

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Nov. 22 & 23 Saturday & Sunday Live Oak Grange Hall 1900 17th Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 10 am – 5 pm Free Admission more info at www.scmgs.org/

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ARTS PRETTY FACES FILM A film about women who thrive in the snow. Action-packed skiing down dangerous mountain faces. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz. info@riotheatre.com. $10.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN The Cabrillo College Theatre Arts Department presents Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman from November 7 – November 23. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos.

Available online at www.cabrillovapa.com or by calling 479-6154. $19 general, $17 seniors/ students, $9 Cabrillo SAC cardholders.

RAMAYANA The UCSC Theater Arts Department presents several stories from Ramayana — tales of monkey-gods, heroism, duty, and devotion — for a two-week run in the Mainstage Theater at UC Santa Cruz. Master drummer Undang Sumarna, a member of the faculty of the UCSC Music Department, directs guest musicians in a live gamelan ensemble.

Choreography by Kathy Foley, with Irawati Durban and I Gede Oka. Performances Thu-Sat 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. Mainstage Theater, UC Santa Cruz. Nov.14-23.Tickets $15 general; $12 seniors (62+); $12 students and youth w/ ID; free for UCSC undergrads.

KEN NORRIS MEMORIAL LECTURE Providing a unique perspective on work, family, and the future of our blue planet, this discussion features six marine scientists (three married couples) who study the ocean.

7 - 8:30 p.m. Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Schaffer Road, Santa Cruz. 459-3800. Free.

AUTHOR COMMUNITY PRESENTATION AND BOOK-SIGNING Features Luis J. Rodriguez, the leading Chicano writer in the country with 15 published books in memoir, fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, and poetry. Rodriguez is best known for the 1993 memoir of gang life, “Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.,” our featured book for this year’s event. Despite its popularity, the American Library Association called “Always Running” one of the 100 most-censored books in the United States. 6 - 7 p.m. Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing Arts, 250 E. Beach St., Watsonville. teresa_rodriguez@ pvusd.net. Free, tickets available at the door, Freedom and Watsonville Libraries, and Crossroads Books in Watsonville.

BUSINESS COMMERCIAL KITCHEN BUSINESS INCUBATOR The Commercial Kitchen Incubator is a project of El Pájaro Community Development Corp., a nonprofit that assists low-income entrepreneurs to become successful business owners. Attend an orientation and learn what services are available, how you can participate and tour the facility. Sign up online at epcdc. eventbrite.com or call. Note: there will be no orientation in December. 6 - 7 p.m. 412 E. Riverside Drive, Watsonville. 722-1224. Free.

CLASSES AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® classes. These engaging and potent classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness, flexibility, and overall well-being. Classes are ongoing. Preregistration required. 5:45 - 7:00 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. suzie@suzielundgren.com or call 332-7347 to register. First class free for new students.

FOOD & DRINK HEALTHY HOLIDAY INGREDIENTS STORE TOUR Sandi Rechenmacher, nutritional consultant and educator, will lead you on an entertaining and educational store tour at the Westside New Leaf focusing on healthy alternative ingredients for holiday cooking and baking. Learn how to protect your health and well-being and embrace the holidays with creative gusto. Preregistration required. 6- 7 p.m. New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleafwestside.eventbrite. com, 426-1306 ext. 0. Free.

PUMPKIN PIE 4 WAYS: RAW VEGAN PUMPKIN PIE Join us at Whole Foods Market for the final installment of our free class series.

Our resident raw recipe expert, KT, will be showing you how to make an easy and delicious raw vegan pie. Samples, recipe, and shopping list will be provided. Sign up at our Customer Service Desk, space is limited. 6 - 6:45 p.m. Whole Foods Market, 911 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz.

GROUPS SIGN UP FOR THE TIMEBANK MIXER Meet TimeBankers, hear the inside-the-vault story about this sustainable economy’s best practice and get help with your application. 5 - 7 p.m. Verve Coffee Roasters on Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. bonnielinden@sbcglobal.net. Free.

SATURDAY 11/22 SOQUEL NURSERY SCHOOL FUNDRAISER Beginning to wonder what holiday gifts to shop for? The Soquel Parent Education Nursery School is hosting their fundraising event with the perfect stocking stuffers as well as children’s storytelling and baked goods for sale. They’ll be selling handmade quilts from recycled material paired with a children’s book and stuffed animal.

Throughout the sale, Santa Cruz Storytelling Festival founder Sirena Andrea will entertain children with stories, while volunteers offer baked goods for sale to help assuage the dent of state budget cuts to this nonprofit co-operative preschool, which has supported education with the entire family since 1949.

Info: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Branciforte Small School Auditorium, 840 North Branciforte Ave., Santa Cruz. 429-3464.

Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. 479-6154. vapa. cabrillo.edu. $10 general, $7 seniors, $5 students, $4 Cabrillo SAC cardholders.

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DRONES AND TARGETED KILLING Santa Cruz Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestine Israel Action Committee, Resource Center for Nonviolence and Students for Justice in Palestine presents Professor Marjorie Cohn, who will discuss her new book "Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues." 7 - 8 p.m. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. 688-8692. Donation.

CABRILLO PIANO DEPARTMENT PRESENTS HAPPY 300TH BIRTHDAY C.P.E. BACH Piano lovers, come hear Cabrillo's Piano Dept. fall performance in a celebration of C.P.E. Bach's 300th Birthday.

Students, faculty and guest artists will be performing a variety of his greatest hits.

7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital

MY THREE ANGELS Mountain Community Theater presents the warmhearted holiday comedy "My Three Angels" by Samuel and Bella Spewack, directed by Robin Aronson.

November 21-December 14. The play is set at the turn of the 20th century in tropical French Guiana where it's Christmas

HEALTH WOMENCARE: LAUGHTER YOGA Laughter yoga for women with cancer meets the first and third Thursdays. Call WomenCARE to register: 457-2273. 12:30 p.m. Free.

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THE SANTA CRUZ ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SPEAKER MEETING "The Temporal Dating and Analysis of the Archaeological Assemblage Recovered from a Portion of Prehistoric Site, Satos Rini Rumaytak (At the Hill Above the River Site) CA SCR-12”.

7:30 - 9 p.m. Cabrillo College- Room 426. patsunicorn@sbcglobal.net. Free.

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Eve and 105 degrees. Three convicts come to the aid of a family in need. Chaos ensues, and matters are set aright as the benevolent scoundrels prove themselves to be angels to the grateful family. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

No matinee 11/23. All tickets Nov. 30 are 2 for $20. Park Hall, 9400 Mill Street, Ben Lomond. www.mctshows.org, parkhall@ mctshows.org, 336-4777. $10-20.

COMMUNITY DRUMMING: CULTIVATING A SPIRIT OF THANKS Percussionist/ educator Jim Greiner conducts an all-ages community drumming circle with the theme of Sharing Our Thankful Spirit. Jim will provide all the percussion instruments, bring your own favorites. www.SantaCruzDrumLessons.com. 7 - 8:30 p.m. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Dr. Aptos. 462-3786 jgreiner@handsondrum.com. www.SantaCruzDrumLessons.com. $5 to $10; pay what you can.

GROUPS CLUTTERERS ANONYMOUS 12-step meeting every Friday evening at Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 5:30 - 6:45 p.m. 359-3008. Free.

SCOTTS VALLEY NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP Meets every Friday night. 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Bison Center, The Camp Recovery Center, 3192 Glen Canyon Rd. (Park in lower lot, walk up driveway, turn right at sign). Free.

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SATURDAY 11/22 HOLIDAY SHOPPING FALL HARVEST CRAFT BOUTIQUE Everything you need to get some Holiday Shopping completed. We have Arts, Crafts,

DOUBLE HAPPINESS POTTERY 4TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY SALE Early Holiday sale of my pottery, new pots and clearance on old pots and special gift items direct from Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia and Nepal. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Chandra Gurung Conservation Trust working in Nepal.

Nov. 22-23. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. 143 Mason Street, Santa Cruz. doublehappinesspottery@gmail. com, 421-1263. Free.

YLI'S HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE YLI's 10th Annual Holiday Boutique. Handmade items by local vendors. Baked Goods and Lunch.9 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Our Lady Star of the Sea Church Hall, 515 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. 458-9542.

WINTER GEM JEWELRY & MINERAL SHOW The Santa Cruz Mineral & Gem Society is having a Saturday and Sunday pre-holiday show at the Soquel Grange hall.

Will have for sale loose gemstones, finished jewelry, crystal and mineral specimens, jade, opals and semi-precious lapidary material and more. Treasure-spin wheel, raffle and silent auction. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Soquel Grange Hall, 1900 17th Ave., Live Oak. www.scmgs.org. Free admission.

SOQUEL PENS QUILT SALE Each quilt, hand-crafted from recycled material, is paired with a matching children’s book and stuffed animal and sells for $20.00. The child-size themed quilt packages make great gifts for the holidays. During the quilt sale, Sirena Andrea, founder of the Santa Cruz Storytelling Festival, will entertain children of all ages through the tradition of oral storytelling. Delicious baked goods and refreshments will be available for purchase to enjoy while listening to Sirena’s tales. All proceeds benefit Soquel Parent Education Nursery School (PENS). 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Branciforte Small Schools Auditorium, 840 N. Branciforte Ave., Santa Cruz. Free.

GIFT AND WREATH SALE Decorations and gifts for Thanksgiving and the holidays to be had at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum's annual Gift and Wreath Sale. Sale includes living succulent wreaths and gardens, dried flower wreaths, gourd art, and more created

by Arboretum volunteers and local artists.

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SOQUEL ELEMENTARY GOODWILL DONATION DRIVE To celebrate the season of gratitude, let others be thankful for the items you don't need. Soquel Elementary invites the community to participate in a donation drive supporting Discover Goodwill's employment and education programs. Clothing, housewares, sporting goods, books, toys and other gently used goods are appreciated. Tax donation receipts will be given. November 21-23. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Soquel Elementary parking lot - 2700 Porter St., Soquel.

Books, Clothing, Jewelry, Knitting Items, Canned Foods, Antiques and everything else. Stop by, check it out, and, of course do some shopping. Rain or Shine. Come meet Santa Cruz County Local Artisans and enjoy. 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 555 Main St., Watsonville. 435-0450.

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ARTS BENEFIT SCREENING OF "HOLES" Panel discussion and benefit screening of the film "Holes" for the Young Writers Program. Panelists include writer Thad Nodine, Branciforte Middle teacher Wendy Thompson, Young Adult Author Jill Wolfson, and Branciforte Middle school student Libby De Priest. Food and drink available in the lobby. The Young Writers Program trains volunteers from the community to work on teacher-initiated writing projects for 4th-12th grade classrooms in Santa Cruz County. Student work is published and sold at local bookshops.

6 - 8 p.m. Museum of Art and History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz. 466-5829. Tickets available in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets. com/event/916925 for $15 (plus service fee) or $18 at the door.

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COMMUNITY WRITERS FEATURES AMBER COVERDALE SUMRALL Monthly Community Writers series featuring local prose writers and poets. This month's featured reader is Amber Coverdale Sumrall, a nationally published poet, editor and workshop leader. Also open mic, sign up at 2:30 p.m. Parking is across the street or behind the library. 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter Street, Soquel. 475-4221 or poetrysantacruz.org. Free.

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PLANET CRUZ COMEDY “Tonight Show’s” Don Reed lands on Planet Cruz. Comedian Don Reed brings the most explosive and elastic physical comedy Planet Cruz has ever seen. He warmed up the “Tonight Show” studio audience over 1,000 episodes. 7:30 8:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz. Advance Tickets at Streetlight Records, Tomboy or online at http://www.brownpapertickets. com/event/846497. Tickets: $20.

CLASSES PARTNER YOGA AND KIRTAN Ongoing Saturdays at Poetic Cellars Winery. Dropins welcome. Donations welcome, not required. Bring yoga mat and water. Building community through practice together.

Reserve space by calling 530-828-4422 or 462-3478. 10 a.m. - Noon. 5000 Rodeo Gulch Road, Soquel.

HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENT FORUM Educational and collaborative group for

women with cancer who want to learn about complimentary treatments. Meets every fourth Saturday of the month. Call to register.

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 457-2273. Free WOMENCARE SPANISH SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE offers a support group in Spanish for women with cancer on the first and third Saturday of the month. Call to sign up. 3 - 4:30 p.m. Santa Cruz.

457-2273 or 336-8662. Free.

MUSIC BONANZA AT BOCCI'S: 20TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER SHARED ADVENTURES Join Shared Adventures for a night of live music and entertainment, along with delicious food, fun door prizes and great company. Dinner is a buffet-style meal including eggplant lasagna, pork tenderloin, and chicken parmesan, with salad, garlic bread, and mixed vegetables.

Proceeds go toward funding another 20 years of year-round calendar of activities that are 100% accessible. Bocci's Cellar is 100% accessible. 6:30 p.m. - midnight.

140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz. 459-7210, info@ sharedadventures.org $40 for dinner / music 6:30-8pm and $15 for dance party / bands 8-12 a.m.

COMMUNITY DRUMMING: CULTIVATING A SPIRIT OF THANKS Percussionist/ educator Jim Greiner will conduct an allages community drumming circle with the theme of sharing our thankful spirit with others in our community. Co-sponsored

by Bridging Warriors, a resource center for Santa Cruz County Veterans (www. bridgingwarriors.org). Proceeds go to supporting area Veterans services. Jim provides all the percussion instruments, bring your own favorites. 1 - 3 p.m. Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St. Santa Cruz. 462-3786. www.

SantaCruzDrumLessons.com. $10.

CABRILLO CHORALE WINTER CONCERT Cabrillo's Music majors perform their winter concert. Directed by Cheryl Anderson. 7 - 9 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos.

479-6154. vapa.cabrillo.edu $15 general, $12 seniors/students, $9 Cabrillo SAC cardholders.

CHOSEN VISION TRIO CONCERT Chosen Vision Trio has been singing together for many years, and sings a wide variety of music styles. This concert will be an unforgettable music ministry experience.

SUNDAY 11/23 HIDDEN VALLEY STRING ORCHESTRA Santa Cruz-based violinist Roy Malan, who recently retired from his role as concertmaster of the San Francisco Ballet, and opera conductor Stewart Robinson share their newest creative outlet with the Hidden Valley String Orchestra’s first public performances. The orchestra will present a repertoire from the great classical periods with works by Edvard Grieg, Johann S.Bach, and Antonín Dvo ák. With 16 of the most talented string players from Northern California, the November concerts will also feature guest violinist Farkhad Khudyev.

Performances will take place in Carmel and Aptos and include wine from local vintners.

Info: 2:30 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos.

Hiddenvalleymusic.org. 659-3115. $15-$25.

Please join us for this evening of praise, free refreshments and worship. 6 p.m.

For details on locating the church, go to santacruzchurch.org. For more information on Chosen Vision, go to chosenvisiontrio. com. Free.

SPIRITUAL Happiness is Right in Front of You Free public lecture by Lama Sonam Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher. Happiness is not just an emotion based on circumstance but a state of being that can be strong and consistent. Learn how to access your inner happy with meditation and compassion for others. 5:30 - 7 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center.

SUNDAY 11/23 MUSIC CABRILLO YOUTH CHORUS CONCERT The children and youth of the Cabrillo Youth Chorus perform seasonal literature and music of the holidays. Directed by Cheryl Anderson.

2 - 4 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. 479-6154. vapa.cabrillo.edu.

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COUPLES RECOVERY RCA couples group provides support and a safe environment for couples to restore love and intimacy to a relationship experiencing troubled times. 10:30 a.m. - Noon. Sutter Hospital, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 234-5409. Free.

SERENITY FIRST -- PAGANS IN RECOVERY A weekly meeting with a Pagan flair, where guests are free to discuss their spiritual paths, including those which are nature-based and goddess-centered. Those from all 12-step programs are welcome. (Sometimes we arrive and start a bit late.) 7 - 8 p.m. Epic Adventure Games, 222 Mt. Hermon Road, Suite A, Scotts Valley. 336-8591. Free (donations accepted).

OUTDOORS DUNE RESTORATION AT MOSS LANDING SB Join ESF and State Parks to plant native seedlings at Moss Landing State Beach. This free event is family-friendly and open to the public. No experience necessary.

9 a.m. - Noon. Moss Landing State Beach, Highway 1 and Jetty Rd., Moss Landing. www. elkhornslough.org, katie@elkhornslough.org, 728-5939. Free.

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CLASSES SALSA DANCING CUBAN-STYLE Drop-in class, no partner required. Every Monday, this intermediate class features a great variety of Cuban-style dancing from Salsa Casino partnering, Salsa Suelta & styling to Rueda de Casino. Check website for schedule changes and holidays. 7 - 8:15 p.m. Louden Nelson

BEGINNING WEST COAST SWING LEVEL 1 West Coast Swing is a smooth form of swing that can be danced to Blues, R&B, Country and Contemporary music. No partner necessary. Must pre-register at Capitola Community Center, 475-5935. No drop-ins. 7 8:30 p.m. Capitola Community Center, 4400, Jade Street, Capitola. 479-4826, chuck@ gonnadance.com. $9 to $11 per class.

TUESDAY 11/25 CLASSES AUTHOR TALK Mother and daughter weavers Ellen and Lucy Begay spent their lives weaving beautiful and complex textiles in Northeastern Arizona. Gary Beaudoin has been a collector of the Begays’ work for years and has compiled his interest in the book Unbroken Web: The Art of Ellen and Lucy Begay. Mr. Beaudoin talks about the rich and powerful history of The Begay Textiles. Also Q&A and book signing.

7 - 9 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, Downtown Branch. friends@santacruzpl.org. Free.

INT. WEST COAST SWING W/CHUCK AND PAT Must be able to dance Beg levels 1 and 2. Expand your West Coast Swing through the use of extensions and contractions. 8 - 9 p.m. Santa Cruz Market St. Theater, 222 Market St., Santa Cruz. 479-4826, chuck@ gonnadance.com $9 drop-in.

GROUPS BINGO Ongoing every Tuesday. Free 1/2 package of Bingo Cards during your birthday month when you purchase an $8 pad. Must be 18 to play. Public Welcome. Proceeds benefit MCSC. 1 - 3:30 p.m. Mid-County Senior Center, 829 Bay Ave., Capitola. 4764711. www.mid-countyseniorcenter.com.

Donation: $8 per pad of Bingo cards.

CAPITOLA SOROPTIMISTS Soroptimist International of Capitola-By-The-Sea will feature Certified Professional Life Coach, Janette Valentino, at its November 25 meeting. Valentino, who works with clients around the world, will focus on how to incorporate “Self Care” into a busy life. 6 - 7 p.m. Suda Restaurant, 3910 Portola Ave., Capitola. info@best4women.org. Free.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Open to women with all types of cancer from diagnosis through treatment and the healing process.

12:30 - 2 p.m. Call 457-2273 to register. Free.

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RAY BROWN'S GREAT BIG BAND One of the most anticipated shows of the year, Ray Brown's Great Big Band celebrates its 25th year with its usual exciting rendition of Big Band jazz. The band possesses a unique musical personality which reflects Ray's creative, complex and witty compositions and arrangements. The San Francisco-based all-star big band performs jazz written and directed by Ray Brown. Tickets available at BrownPaperTickets.com or at the door the night of the event only. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 479-6154. vapa.cabrillo.edu. $20.

Center, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz. 2956107, www.SalsaGente.com. $9/$5 students.

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RIBSY’S NICKEL Fans of Ribsy’s Nickel will be surprised to hear that the longtime local reggaerock group is a lot like costumed ’70s pop superstars KISS. But despite the fact that they sound, look and act nothing alike, Ribsy’s guitarist Jesse Corona swears it’s true. “[Lead singer] J-Willz and I will always be Ribsy’s Nickel,” says Corona. “We’ve been through a lot of drummers and bass players. It’s like Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, they’re like the only guys still left in KISS, but they’re still KISS.”

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Corona formed Ribsy’s Nickel 17 years ago, and asked J-Willz to handle vocals a few months later. Ever since, the two have been inseparable. “We finish each other’s sentences, kind of like a boyfriend and girlfriend, when you’ve been with them so long, you understand what they’re thinking. That’s how me and Willz are,” Corona says.

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As J-Willz (Real name: Jason Williams) and Corona have cycled through different players, the style of the group has remained intact—a very eclectic, multi-genre sound that includes bits of punk, reggae, metal, surf, bluegrass and rock ’n’ roll.

“We play so many different kinds of music because I would get bored if I only played one style of music,” Corona says. “I consider us a product of Santa Cruz. Our influences are pretty much skateboarding and surfing.”

The group headed down to SoCal in the early 2000s to see if they could make a career out of it, but finally agreed that their home is here.

“We never stopped playing music,” Williams says. “It’s like family. We do so much stuff together. Whenever we argue, we deal with it like brothers.

As long as we’re breathing, we’ll be together.” AARON CARNES INFO: 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26.

Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $18/adv, $20/door. 429-4135.

RADIATION CITY

FRIDAY 11/21 REGGAE

FORTUNATE YOUTH If there’s a band that could bridge the gap between old school Jamaican reggae and the newer Sublime-influenced Cali-reggae, it’s SoCal’s Fortunate Youth. The six-piece busts a solid rootsy reggae groove with percussion, keys, lots of vocal harmonies and some ripping guitar solos, but they also have the lighthearted, feel-good vibe of the breezy sunny Californian reggae offshoot, and have toured with both Jamaican legends and Cali bands like the Expendables.

AARON CARNES

INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $15/adv, $18/door. 423-1338.

SATURDAY 11/22 FOLK

FALL FOLK MUSIC SHOWCASE Rounding up three of the area’s best

new-folk acts in the McCoy Tyler Band, Steep Ravine, and the Naked Bootleggers, Saturday’s Fall Folk Music Showcase also features Patchy Sanders, a family band out of Portland.

The band, which GT's Jacob Pierce described as “hellza bluegrassy,” recently saw their debut album placed on the 2015 Grammy ballot, and will add great picking, soulful singing and a house-on-fire pace to a night already brimming with great singing and songwriting. CAT JOHNSON INFO: 7:30 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $17/adv, $20/door. 427-2227.

INDIE ROCK

COLD WAR KIDS A decade after forming, it is safe to say that these kids from California are thriving. With five albums under their belt—two of which debuted in Billboard’s Top 25—and a worldwide fan base that would be the envy of many, these guys have certainly left their mark. Not bad for a band whose bio states that initial practices as a band were characterized more by

stomping, banging on heater pipes and thumping on walls than using actual instruments. Their new album, Hold My Home, was released last month. BP INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20. 423-1338.

INDIE ROCK

RADIATION CITY The opening track on the 2013 debut from Portland’s Radiation City is a dreamy, breezy electro-pop tune called “Zombies,” which details the trials and tribulations of a group of post-apocalyptic survivors. The thing is that it’s a feel-good, hummable tune. Other topics they cover include gesticulation, and a man turning into a woman, which of course are also toe-tapping indie-pop songs. The four-piece, comprised of two pairs of couples, seems to bring a smile to every thought they put to music. They are kind of like Broadcast, in how they mix surf, jazz, psychedelic and electronics, but without the dark somberness. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.

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BE OUR GUEST ELIQUATE Blending punk-rock energy with indie-rock intimacy, Bay Area social consciousness, and hip-hop beats, Eliquate is a powerhouse of the local music scene. With its tight musicianship, cross-genre pollination and the captivating delivery of MC Elliot Wright, the four-piece has gone from underground upstart to Santa Cruz fave.

On Saturday, the band plays their first local show since June, with support from Los Angeles-based synth-pop outfit Magic Bronson, and local acts Olright, Rubberlegs, Sounds From the Cave, and Emile Carson. CAT JOHNSON FORTUNATE YOUTH

ELECTRONICA/FUSION

DOGON LIGHTS + LIBERATION MOVEMENT

INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $10/adv, $15/door.

479-1854.

FOLK

DELHI 2 DUBLIN

What would Popeye the Sailor sound like if he was a didgeridoo-slinging folk singer? This may seem like a nonsensical question, but once you’ve seen Baby Gramps live, it’ll all make sense. Gramps, who’s been playing music since the ‘60s—and was already old back then—is a self-taught guitar virtuoso who looks like a 1920s train-hopping hobo, mixing blues, folk and vaudeville. It’s old-timey authentic, and just plain silly.

He sings like a Tom Waits pirate character, and has the odd skill of throat singing in the style of a didgeridoo. It’s kind of scary. AC

WORLD FUSION

At the 2006 Vancouver Celtic Festival, there was a happy accident jam session, with musicians spontaneously weaving electronic Bhangra beats with Celtic fiddle.

The resulting sound, which mashed up cultures, rhythms and styles, made an immediate impact on the players and inspired them to collaborate further. Eight years and seven albums later, the fusion band has expanded to include dub, reggae and whatever other styles suit their fancy. The common denominator is the boundary-defying inclusiveness of their sound and their energetically off-the-hook live performances. CJ INFO: 8:30 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 479-1854.

BABY GRAMPS

INFO: 7 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy 9, Felton. $10/adv, $12/door. 335-2800.

IN THE QUEUE ALBOROSIE

Internationally-renowned reggae artist.

Wednesday at Moe’s Alley GARDENS & VILLA

Santa Barbara-based indie rockers.

Thursday at Catalyst TAMMY HALL & LISA FERRARO

Celebrated Bay Area jazz pianist and vocalist. Thursday at Kuumbwa COFFEE ZOMBIE COLLECTIVE

Local purveyors of high-energy, acoustic covers and originals. Friday at Crepe Place TOMMY CASTRO

Electric blues from a Santa Cruz favorite. Friday at Moe’s Alley

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The Dogon Lights refer to themselves as an “afro-galactic groove machine.”

If the impression that leaves on your mind involves rhythm-heavy, electronic-aided, Africa-inspired grooves, you’re on the right track.

Throw into the mix several languages, instruments from around the globe, a global perspective, and you’re there. Hailing from the Bay Area, the group features members of Hamsa Lila and Dirtwire. On Saturday, the band shares the bill with Liberation Movement, local purveyors of "sonic shamanistic alchemy" led by Grant Chambers of Heavyweight Dub Champion, Sasha Rose and Noah King. CJ

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INFO: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22.

Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $8/adv, $12/door. 423-1338. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 21 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

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Wednesday November 19th 9pm $32/35 International Reggae Chart Topper

ALBOROSIE

& THE SHENGEN CLAN + JAH SUN & IKRONIK Thursday November 20th 9pm $9/12 Funk/Soul Dance Party

AFROLICIOUS

+POLYRHYTHMICS Friday November 21st 9pm $20/25 Blues Favorite Returns w/ Horn Section

TOMMY CASTRO Saturday November 22nd 9pm $10/15 Members Of DIRTWIRE, HAMSA LILA & HEAVYWEIGHT DUB CHAMPION

LIBERATION MOVEMENT + DOGON LIGHTS Sunday November 23rd 9pm $12/15

Bhangra/Celtic/Dub World Music Mash Up

DELHI 2 DUBLIN

+ JANAKA OF GODS ROBOTS Wednesday November 26th 8:30pm $9/12 Pre Thanksgiving Bash

THE CHOP TOPS

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Live Music Live $5 9p

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Thirds Jazz Trio Trrio Minor Thirds 6:30-10p 6:30-10p

Storytelling Lucid Storytelling 7p

Justin Beepboop & Justin DeAngelo Nie ves DeAngelo Nieves Benefit fi Show Sho Sh w $5-10 $5 10 8p $58p Benefit

Kasia Moon Kasia Donation $5 Donation 7p

Comedy / 80s Night Comedy 8:30p

Getaway D ogs, Oh Getaway Dogs, Bears!, Jak e, P att Bears!, Jakee Piec Piece, Pat Hull $5 9p

La Banda 9p

Box (Goth (Goth Night) The Box 9p

Rainbow Night w/ w/ DJ DJ AD DJ DJ / Ladies Ladies Night Rainbow

DJ/Live Music DJ/Live

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Karaoke Karaoke 8p-Close 8p-Close

Karaoke Karaoke 6p-Close 6p-Close

Karaoke Karaoke 6p-Close 6p-Close

Reggae Night Reggae 8p-1:30a 8p-1:30a

Chants Phat Chants 8-9p

D’oh Bros Bros The D’oh 9-11:45p 9-11:45p

Do-Rights The Do-Rights Burlesque Burlesque 8p

Poetry Workshop, Workshop, Open Open Poetry Arts Trivia Trivia Night Arts Late Mic Mic and Late 8p 4-10p 0 4-10p

Karaoke Karaoke

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Rain Big Rain 8-11p 8-11p

Blues Night w/ w/ Anthon Blues Anthonyy Jones & S oul Unlimit ed Jones Soul Unlimited 9-11p 9-11p

Fortunate Y outh, o Thrive, Cold Cold War War Kids, Kids, Avid Avid Fortunate Youth, Thrive, Just Chill, W asted Nois se Dancer Dancer Just Wasted Noise $20 9p $15/$18 9p $20 Atriarch, Gloam, Gloam, Atriarch, Widow Plague Widow $8 8:30p

Gardens and Villa, Villa, Gardens Astronauts, et c., Burnt Astronauts, etc., Palms $10/$12 $10/$12 9p Palms

Anciients, Cas tle, LLord ord Anciients, Castle, Dying, The Bad Light Dying, $10 8:30p $10

Eliquate, Magic BronBronEliquate, son, Olright, R ubberlegs son, Rubberlegs $8/$12 8:30p

Hippo Happy Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p 5:30-7:30p

KPIG Happy Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p 5:30-7:30p

Turn Me On On D ead Man, M Turn Dead Spiral Electric The Spiral $10 9p $10

Sun Maiden, And Hod $8 9p

The Coffee Coffee Z ombie Zombie C ollective, The Junc os, Collective, Juncos, John Miller $10 $10 9p

R adiation Cit y, Radiation City, The W ild Ones Ones Wild $1 0 9p $10

Y uji T oojo Yuji Tojo $3 8p

E cho Street Street Echo $5 8:30p

P awn Shop Soul Soul Pawn $6 9p

Hall P ass Pass $5 9:30p

International Music Hall and Restaurant

FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95 Fri Nov 21

Stu Allen & Mars Hotel Grateful Dead Tribute $15 adv./$15 door 21 + 8:30pm

Sat ROCK FOR TOTS Nov 22 Fishbook, Ric Hines & The Ones, The Fuss $10 adv./$10 door or $7 at door with a NEW TOY

21+ 7:30pm Sun Nov 23

Lifting Spirits since 1969

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China Cats Grateful Dead Tribute Thanksgiving Eve Dance $12 adv./$12 door 21 + 8:30pm

Fri Brokedown In Bakersfield Nov 28 + Easy Leaves

$20 adv./$25 door 21 + 9pm

See live music grid for this week’s bands.

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

7pm Concert

$10 adv./$12 door <21 w/parent 7pm Wed Nov 26

LOCATED ON THE BEACH Amazing waterfront deck views.

Baby Gramps plus Rhan Wilson

Sat Nov 29

AZA Rock n’Moroccin plus Sweet Hayah World Soul $12 adv./$15 door 21 + 8pm

COMING RIGHT UP

Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

Sun. Nov. 30 The Ladycrooners + Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen Wed. Dec. 3 Sallie Ford + Old Light Thu. Dec. 4 WINTERDANCE CELTIC CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Molly’s Revenge, Christa Burch, Irish Dancers Fri. Dec. 5 The Sagittarius Ball Slugs N’ Roses + Achilles Wheel Sat. Dec. 6 Be Natural Music Kid’s Rock Benefit Concert 1:30 pm Sat. Dec. 6 Fleetwood Mask Sun. Dec. 7 Adam Miller 2pm Sun. Dec. 7 The Bobs 7pm Concert Mon. Dec. 8 Dale Ann Bradley Wed. Dec. 10 The Kim Wilson Blues All-Stars

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Nitte Creepers Creepers The Nite 6:30-10:30p 6:30 0 6:30-10:30p

Entourage Entourage 6-10p 6 6-10p

Next Blues B s Band Blue The Next 5 9p 5-9p

Pops Phillip P roject Pops Phillipss P Project 8p

John Michael 8p

Jesse S abala a Blue Jesse Sabala Bluess Pro Jam Pro 7-11p 7-11p

Pete C ontino A ccordion Pete Contino Accordion Italian Musician Italian 6-9p

Unccharted Jazz Uncharted 6-9 9p 6-9p Gramp pa’s Chili w/ w/ 110 0 Grampa’s o’clockk Lunch (Rock) (Rock) o’clock 8p

Flinngo (Bing o) Flingo (Bingo) 7:30 0p 7:30p

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Kevin McD owell Kevin McDowell 6-8p Tamm a y Hall & Lisa Lisa Tammy Ferr e aro, w/ w/ Houston Houston Ferraro, Person $25/$30 7p Person

Fuhrman (Rock) (Rock) Andy Fuhrman 4p

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Live Music Live 7p

Kevin McD Dowell Kevin McDowell 6-8p

C aigie Cr John Craigie $21/$3 32 7:30p 7:30p $21/$32

McCoy T yyler Band, The McCoy Tyler Steep Ravine, Ravine, Nak ed Steep Naked Bootleggers $1 7//$20 7p Bootleggers $17/$20

Acoustic t Clas sic R ock Acoustic Classic Rock 5-8p

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Thursday, November 20 U 7 pm

TAMMY HALL & LISA FERRERO WITH SPECIAL GUEST HOUSTON PERSON Friday, November 21 U 7:30 pm

JOHN CRAIGIE

Tickets: SnazzyProductions.com

Saturday, November 22 U 7:30 pm

FALL FOLK MUSIC SHOWCASE: THE MCCOY TYLER BAND, STEEP RAVINE, NAKED BOOTLEGGERS, PATCHY SANDERS

10 Foot Foot Faces Faces (Surf 10 Rock) 8p Rock)

Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com Karaoke w e en Karaoke w// K Ken 7p

Monday, November 24 U 7:30 pm | No Comps At Cabrillo College Crocker Theatre

RAY BROWN’S GREAT BIG BAND GBB@25 Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com

Saturday, November 29 U 8 pm Ray Brown’s Brown’s Great Great Big Ray Crocker Band @Cabrillo Crocker Theatre $20 $20 77:30p :30p Theatre

Sunday Brunch Brrunch Live Live Sunday 11a-1p p Jazz 11a-1p Karaoke w en Karaoke w// K Ken 9p

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Urzua Flamenc Matias Urzua Flamencoo Guitar Guitar 6-9p

Chants (R ock) Phat Chants (Rock) 9p

Kelly Chris Kelly 7-10p 7-10p

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Austin with Sherry Austin Henhouse (Am mericana) Henhouse (Americana) 6-9p

Esoteric Collective Collective Esoteric (Jazz) 6-9p (Jazz)

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Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com

Monday, December 1 U 7 pm

THE IVORY CLUB BOYS Tribute to jazz violinist Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys Tuesday, December 2 U 7 pm

FIRST ANNUAL TUMBLEWEED COMEDY BENEFIT FEATURING COLIN MOULTON Tickets by phone (831) 233–8168

Thursday, December 4 U 7 pm

KATE McGARRY AND KEITH GANZ

Folk sensibilities mixed with jazz and pop

Friday, December 5 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

THE BAD PLUS

Inventive and exciting original music!

Saturday, December 6 U 8 pm

Tickets: StillFumin.com

Monday, December 8 U 7 pm | No Comps

STEEL HOUSE FEATURING EWARD SIMON, SCOTT COLLEY AND BRIAN BLADE

Thurs. December 11 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

BEBEL GILBERTO

Brazilian Bossa Nova Royalty!

Friday. December 12 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

DAN HICKS & THE HOT LICKS: HOLIDAZE IN HICKSVILLE

12/15 Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola 12/18 Windham Hill Winter Solstice Celebration feat. Will Ackerman, Barbara Higbie and Liz Story Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

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R asta Cruz R eggae Rasta Reggae P arty 9p 9p-Clo Close Party 9p-Close

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D an R ola (R etro-Soul, Dan Rola (Retro-Soul, R&B /Pop) R&B/Pop) 110p-Midnight 0p-Midnight

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hey’re not cute like penguins. The face of a pelican is mostly beak, with a small brown eye on either side and a little tuft of fluff on the crown. They don’t have a vocabulary of funny noises like seagulls, nor do they sing like mockingbirds. And yet this lowly seabird, specifically the California brown pelican, is the star of the absorbing and illuminating documentary Pelican Dreams.

San Francisco-based filmmaker Judy Irving has pretty much cornered the market on avian documentaries. Her last film was the irresistible The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, about an improbable flock of tropical birds in the canyons of the city and the singular man who made it his life’s work to care for

them. It was one of my top 10 movies of 2003. Pelican Dreams does not have quite the same Shakespearean range of high drama, low comedy, romance, and heartache as the earlier film, but as a glimpse into the private lives of these wild shorebirds and the challenges they face, it’s often fascinating.

The California brown pelican is a critter dear to our hearts here in Santa Cruz; they like to hang out on the wharf, preening their feathers on the railings, or circling the Boardwalk or the harbor in their flying-wedge formations.

We see them in such abundance around here it’s surprising to realize that, like so many wild species, they are in a constant struggle for survival. Filmmaker Irving digs up

newsreel footage from 1969, when an expedition to their principal breeding ground in the Channel Islands revealed they were on the brink of extinction due to the prevalence of the chemical DDT (since banned) in the atmosphere, which was destroying eggs before they could hatch.

The species has made a comeback since then, and Irving’s interest in the nature and habits of these birds is piqued one day when a disoriented brown pelican is found wandering around the Golden Gate Bridge, stopping traffic. When a heroic tow truck driver rescues the bird, bundles it into a crate, and delivers it to a wildlife rescue hospital northeast of the city, Irving decides to follow the bird—and the story.

At the hospital, Irving meets bird doctor Monte Merrick, who so strongly believes the nature of the birds briefly in his care should be kept wild that he refuses to name them as if they were pets. (Irving decides to call “her” bird GiGi—for Golden Gate—anyway.) He directs the filmmaker to Santa Barbara Island in the Channel Islands, where she documents the mating, nestbuilding, and nesting habits of the species. There the fight for survival begins, with the bigger chicks acing out their smaller siblings in the race to get sustenance out of the mother bird’s beak pouch.

Irving is on hand to document first flights around the island, when the gawky hatchlings suddenly assume the soaring grandeur of their species in their natural element.

And she lets us linger over what she calls the “high dive”—the pelicans’ famous beak-first descent into the water to catch fish—so we can really appreciate the artistry involved.

From high above, the bird spots its prey, wheels around in the air, then spirals downward, upside down, tucking its wings close and far back along its body at the last second, to enter the water like an arrow.

Irving talks to Laurie Harvey, a bird surveyor for a research group in Davis, and Bill and Dani Nicholson, who rehabilitate wounded pelicans, ducks, geese, gulls and other wildlife in their suburban backyard. Skipper “Wacky Jacky” Douglas, who runs her own sport-fishing charter boat service, talks about irresponsible fishermen who filet their catch and throw the discarded fish parts back into the ocean; later, we see Merrick removing an entire tuna skull out of a pelican’s narrow throat.

Other man-made dangers like tangled fishing lines, swallowed fish hooks, oil spills, and climate change (which causes various “weird” bird behaviors) also remind us how derelict we’ve become as caretakers to the wildlife around us.

But Irving doesn’t scold us so much as encourage us to marvel anew at the wonders of the natural world, literally right in our own backyard.

PELICAN DREAMS *** (out of four) A film

by Judy Irving. Not rated. 80 minutes.

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THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 Jennifer Lawrence returns again as Katniss Everdeen—along with most of the original cast—in this first installment of the third and last book in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian futurist sci-fi series. (Part 2 comes out next year.)

Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, and Julianne Moore head the cast.

Francis Lawrence directs. (PG-13) 123 minutes. Starts Friday.

BEYOND THE LIGHTS Gugu Mbatha-Raw (last seen in the costume drama Belle) stars in this musical drama as a young singer whose road to superstardom is complicated when she falls for a young cop assigned to her security crew. Nate Parker and Minnie Driver co-star for director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love and Basketball). (PG-13) 116 minutes.

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Expect Oscar buzz for Eddie Redmayne in the role of renowned astrophysicist and thinker Stephen Hawking in this biographical drama adapted from the memoir by his first wife, Jane. When brilliant young student Stephen meets Jane (Felicity Jones) at Cambridge in the 1960s, they face the triumph of his groundbreaking research on time and the terror of his crippling motor neuron disease together. James Marsh (Man on Wire) directs. (PG-13) 123 minutes. Starts Friday.

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CONTINUING SERIES: MIDNIGHTS @ THE DEL MAR Eclectic movies for wild and crazy tastes plus great prizes and buckets of fun for only $6.50. This week: DR. STRANGELOVE or HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB Stanley Kubrick’s hilarious and disturbing 1963 farce about politics and politicians in the nuclear age couldn’t be more timely.

George C. Scott, Keenan Wynn, and Peter Sellers contribute scathing comic performances that make this a classic. (PG) 93 minutes. (****)—Lisa Jensen. (Saved XF) Fri-Sat midnight only. At the Del Mar. CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES This informal movie discussion group meets at the Del Mar mezzanine in downtown Santa Cruz. Movie junkies are invited to join in on Wednesday nights to pursue the elusive and ineffable meanings of cinema. This week (Nov. 19): NIGHTCRAWLER Discussion begins at 7 p.m. and admission is free. For more information visit groups.google.com/group/LTATM.

BIG HERO 6 The folks at Disney adapt the Marvel comic book series into an animated family adventure about a child prodigy, his giant, inflatable robot pal, and the eccentric friends he transforms into a band of high-tech superheroes to save their city. Scott Adsit and Ryan Potter head the voice cast, with guest voices provided by Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, and Maya Rudolph. Don Hall and Chris Williams co-direct. (PG) 108 minutes.

BIRDMAN or THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE Michael Keaton is inspired casting for this black comedy about a movie actor, once famed for playing an onscreen superhero called Birdman, trying to reinvent his career and himself by mounting a serious Broadway play. Filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu delivers dark, often scathingly funny observations on pop culture, celebrity, and priorities, with plenty of nifty style. The soundtrack is mostly edgy percussion, and the hyperreality of the way the camera follows characters around in their personal dramas is balanced by a touch of magic realism as Keaton’s character tries to suppress his cynical alter ego—in full Birdman regalia—who urges him to forget acting and become a movie star again. Too many false endings dull the story’s impact, but Iñárritu makes cogent points, and elicits fine performances from Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, and Keaton himself. (R) 119 minutes. (***)—Lisa Jensen.

CITIZENFOUR While researching a project about government surveillance in the post-9/11 world, documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras began receiving encrypted emails from “citizen four” about skullduggery in the NSA. Her informant was Edward

STARSTRUCK Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne co-star in The Theory of Everything.

Snowden, and this real-life thriller of a doc is built around Poitras’ interviews with Snowden in Hong Kong as the NSA scandal broke. (R) 114 minutes.

with a neat, twistu finale that suggests no one is immune to human frailty. (R) 120 minutes. In Swedish with English subtitles. (***)—Lisa Jensen.

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE Four black students at an Ivy League college find themselves in the middle of a controversy when a white fraternity stages an African-American theme party in this cross-cultural satire written and directed by Justin Simien.

Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, and Brandon P Bell head the cast. (R) 100 minutes.

THE GOOD LIE Reese Witherspoon has a featured role in this fact-based drama about hundreds of children orphaned by the civil war in Sudan, and the international humanitarian effort to rescue them and find a safe place for them to start a new life.

Philippe Falardeau (Monsieur Lazhar) directs. (PG-13) 110 minutes.

DUMB AND DUMBER TO You didn’t ask for it, but here it comes anyway, a 20-years-later sequel to the comedy starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels as champion dim bulbs. Now one of them is trying to find his long-lost daughter.

Laurie Holden and Kathleen Turner co-star for returning directors Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. (PG-13) FORCE MAJEURE Sweden’s official Foreign Language entry for the 2015 Academy Awards, Ruben Ostlund’s cerebral thriller revolves around a young family on a skiing vacation in the French Alps. When danger threatens, the drama hinges not on a potential natural disaster, but the split-second response of oh-sofallible humans in its path—provoking what may be irreparable damage to the family unit. Ostlund’s design is fascinating in the way the film’s central incident becomes a litmus test for gender, family, and even age issues among all who witness it, including the audience. It’s a provocative story

INTERSTELLAR Christopher Nolan’s epic of cautionary speculative fiction begins in a too-near future where climate change is eroding Earth’s resources. Matthew McConaughey plays an engineer/ex-astronaut who joins a team of explorers flying through a wormhole on a quest to find another habitable planet for the human race. Lengthy sequences of hardware lumbering through space while orchestral music swells on the soundtrack slow things down, but the prickly human element keeps us involved. The relationship between McConaughey’s character and his daughter (Mackenzie Foy and Jessica Chastain, as the narrative time-loops around) is especially nicely wrought.

The science of space/time travel may be more trouble than its worth to keep up with as the film hurtles toward its payoff, but it’s still a voyage worth taking. Rated R. 169 minutes. (***) —Lisa Jensen.

NIGHTCRAWLER Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this thriller as a guy trying

to survive in Los Angeles who gets sucked into the underworld of freelance crime journalism, chasing stories of car wrecks, fires, murder and mayhem while the city sleeps.

Rene Russo, Bill; Paxton, and Riz Ahmed co-star for director Dan Gilroy. (R) 117 minutes.

OCCUPY THE FARM When a Berkeley field was fenced off for a new shopping mall, a troop of concerned citizens took action; they snipped the padlock, erected tents inside, and planted 15,000 seedlings. Todd Darling’s documentary takes a look at this new breed of activism and the fight to reclaim public land for urban farming. (Not rated) 90 minutes. At Cinema 9, through Thursday (Nov. 20).

PELICAN DREAMS Reviewed this issue. Not rated. 80 minutes. (***) —Lisa Jensen.

ROSEWATER Jon Stewart makes his screenwriting/directing debut with this real-life thriller based on the bestselling memoir by BBC journalist Maziar Bahari, about his lengthy imprisonment in Iran and the family who refused to let his story die. Gael García Bernal and Shohreh Aghdashloo star. (R) 103 minutes.

WHIPLASH Miles Teller stars as a young drumming phenom who wants to make it in the world of jazz, and J. K. Simmons is the bullying music conservatory instructor who puts him through hell. Paul Reiser costars; Damien Chazelle directs. (R) 107 minutes.

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Come and taste, buy, sample, play Santa. Visit surfcityvintners.com for more details about the micro-winery collective Surf City Vintners.

FUDGE LOVE The Incredible Fudgy cookie at Ivéta is the best $2 you’ll ever spend.

Chewy, densely chocolaty, barely sweet and topped with a fat pecan.

This is definitely the cookie of the season! Go get yours.

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CRUST OF THE MATTER Rhubarb pie from Kelly’s French Bakery in Santa Cruz is a sweet solution for Thanksgiving dessert.

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ne-stop shopping that includes the very finest in locally made wines— what’s not to like? But that’s not all. You can avoid the crowded spectacle that is Black Friday and still find that perfect gift for your lucky friends and family. And you can do it all in one afternoon, Nov. 28, from noon to 5 p.m. at the annual Art, Wine & Gift Bazaar hosted by the Surf City Vintners group on the Westside of Santa Cruz. Visualize Kelly's Bakery.

Good. Now turn around in a slow 360-degree circle. What you see all

around you are opportunities for sensational holiday shopping, with a special emphasis on artisanal flavors and high quality handcrafts.

Spicy items from El Salchichero, beautiful jewelry and potted plant arrangements from New Leaf, scone mixes and outrageous pastries from Ivéta. Jams, coffees, and granolas from Companion Bakery. Gift certificates to West End Tap & Kitchen and Kelly's French Bakery. Don’t forget to also check around at the many small boutiques tucked into the nooks and crannies—like the fabulous La Sirena, home of special-

occasion clothing, accessories, and baubles to die for.

Enjoy a little wine tasting—it is the holiday season, after all—while you look around and shop. This is definitely the time to splurge on something a bit pricier than you might usually consider. Holiday gifts should be special, so taste those wines carefully, and think about what might thrill the aficionados on your list. Tasting fees at the wineries are $5-$10, and may be waived with wine purchase. Wineries will donate a portion of the day’s tasting fees to the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center

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If you can’t bake your own pumpkin pie this year, give thanks that you live near Gayle's, Kelly's, and The Buttery—each one bakes pies that are authentic, utterly rich, moist, old-fashioned and, yes, tasting absolutely homemade. If you’re tired of the old, reliable-but-predictable canned cranberry sauce then cruise around and find one that’s made by hand. I’m thinking you can find wonderful sauces at our top markets. Or grab some cranberries and oranges, and google a recipe for making your own cranberry sauce. It’s a simple and delicious way to contribute to the Big Meal (without worrying about whether the gravy has lumps). Or, and I’ve said this many times, grab yourself a jar of Major Grey’s Hot Mango Chutney, and use it as a jumping off point for your own imagination.

Pretend you’re the gorgeous roast turkey centerpiece. What accompaniment would you like?

Maybe chutney! Add some splashes of hot sauce, some tamarind. Get creative, people. And yes, with dinner a bottle of Grenache would be great. But never underestimate the enduring, anywhere anytime appeal of Champagne with turkey.

(Champagne with anything.) We only have so many occasions to sit at the table together (without cell phones or hand-held distraction devices, please!). Make the most of the upcoming opportunity to enjoy a holiday meal with the people you care about. It’s a privilege, not an entitlement.

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An exceptionally good Chardonnay is always a solid staple. I suggest Soquel Vineyards’ 2013 Partners’ Reserve from Santa Cruz Mountains Lester Family Vineyards ($40). This is not your grandma’s Chardonnay.

The grapes come from the beautiful Aptos estate of the late Dan Lester, a property well known to vintners for producing superior harvests.

Lester took great pride not only in cultivating premium grapes, but also in generously sharing the fruits of his labor with his many friends.

“This elegant Chardonnay offers delicate honeysuckle and pippin apple aromas, followed with sweet creamy French oak,” say the winemakers.

It’s most certainly a wine they can be proud of. One sip and you experience all the fine qualities of a really wellmade Chardonnay—but a whole mouthful is a true burst of pleasure.

There’s an abundance of Chardonnays out there, many priced at under $10, but Soquel Vineyards’ 2013 vintage is a cut above.

Soquel Vineyards, 8063 Glen Haven Road, Soquel, 462-9045.

Soquelvineyards.com. Tasting room open weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NOTSO HOT SAUCE Everybody loves a little sprinkle of hot sauce, but this locally made Notso one is different. It’s not so hot. Meaning

your mouth won’t be on fire for three days after you’ve tried some. I came across this sauce at the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit’s Gourmet Grazing on the Green in September, where company founder Jonathan Martishuis was giving out samples. You’ll find it at Shopper’s Corner and many local restaurants. Coming soon is Martishuis’ Itso sauce, as in it’s so hot!

Notso, 343 Soquel Ave., Suite 23, Santa Cruz, 706-8652. Notsopresents.com.

NUTIVA HEMPSEED Another exciting find for me at Gourmet Grazing was raw-shelled hempseed made by Nutiva. Now I can’t get enough of the stuff. It’s nutty, crunchy and really spiffs up one’s morning cereal. It also can be added to smoothies, yogurt, soups, salads and veggies. I went straight to New Leaf to get some of this organic superfood – where it sells for about $10 for 8 ounces.

FRENCH FRIES COOKED IN OLIVE OIL I do all my cooking in olive oil, and I use only EVOO (extra virgin olive oil). After years of living in Greece and Turkey, where olive oil rules, I appreciate the rich flavors that it gives to food—and it’s also downright healthy. I even cook french fries in olive oil, and I do them slowly so that the potatoes absorb more oil.

Try it, and you’ll never cook fries in anything else but EVOO. Olive oil plays an important role in the lives of Greeks, and children are even anointed with it at their baptism.

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ar food is changing. Cold nachos, soggy fries and greasy burgers are no longer the only options for people getting their drink on—assuming they go to a place like Discretion Brewery. Since their opening last year, Discretion Brewery has always had an impressive beer selection—and now they have an impressive food selection to go along with it. Their new kitchen is called The Kitchen. It’s actually a separate business, owned and operated

by Chef Santos Majano. The two businesses operate under the same roof, with people able to order from both establishments. We interviewed Majano about his new business to find out what’s on The Menu.

How do you design food to complement beer?

SANTOS MAJANO: We try to make beer-friendly foods. We taste our beer, and we decide which beer is going to complement the food. One of our signature dishes is the pork belly sliders. We decided to pair that with Uncle Dave’s IPA. That is a rye IPA. It complements the pork really well, the little bitterness from the IPA. Also, right now we have baby back ribs. We have a beer here that is called Song in Your Heart. It has a little bitterness and sweetness and it has a lot of spice,

so it goes really well with the barbecue baby back ribs and the barbecue sauce, which has coffee, apple, vinegar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves.

You’re kind of cooking an upscale home-style Southern cuisine?

We call it fresh, farm-to-table, modern cooking. We do tend towards the South. We have chicken and waffles. When everyone thinks of chicken and waffles, they’re thinking fried chicken, but we’re doing chicken wings and waffles and we do them with spices, maple syrup and toasted pecans. We also have cornbread as well, which is pretty southern. We bake them to order. They kind of look like little breadsticks.

What do you recommend for the particularly hungry drinker?

I would say, chicken and waffles. You can search around town, but most likely you’re not going to find chicken and waffles. If you want something a little lighter, we have our classic Caesar salad. It’s a basic Caesar salad, but we prepare it very carefully. We make our croutons to order. They’re still crunchy on the outside, but a little chewy, and a little warm. It’s one of the best things.

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Saturday, early morning, the sun enters and radiates the light of Sagittarius. Three hours later, the Sagittarius new moon (0.07 degrees) occurs.

“Let food be sought,” is the personality-building keynote. “Food” means experiences; all kinds, levels and types. It also means real food. Sag’s secret is their love of food. Many, if not musicians, are chefs. Some are both.

The energies shift from Scorpio’s deep and transformative waters to the “hills and plains of Sagittarius.” Sag is the rider on a white horse, eyes focused on the mountain peaks of Capricorn (Initiation) ahead. Like Scorpio, Sagittarius is also the “disciple.”

Adventure, luck, optimism, joy and the beginnings of gratitude are the hallmarks of

ARIES Mar21–Apr20 Gradually, certain spiritual aspirations will enter your awareness. They will align with your goals, many (new) of which are appearing now. It’s good to give thanks for your great professorial and musical mind and the transformative effect you have on the world. Be aware that you are now and for a long time to become a force that influences others. You must link that force with love. And gratitude.

TAURUS Apr21–May21 You realize that you must conserve your strength, rest whenever possible, and economize all actions each day.

This is very important for the well-being of all that you are to bring forth for the world. It’s also good to consider what assets you have—perhaps in storage, boxes, drawers, safes, or simply lying about on tabletops patiently awaiting your attention. Careful with impatience. Share more.

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Sagittarius. Sag is also one of the signs of silence.

The battle lines were drawn in Libra and we were asked to choose where we stood. The Nine Tests were given in Scorpio and we emerged “warriors triumphant.”

Now in Sag, we are to be the One-Pointed Disciple, riding over the plains on a white horse, bow and arrows in hand, eyes focused on the Path of Return ahead.

Sagittarians are one-pointed (symbol of the arrow). Sag asks, “What is my life’s purpose?”

This is their quest, from valleys, plains, meadows and hills, eyes aimed always at the mountaintop.

Sag emerges from Scorpio’s deep waters, conflict and tests into the open air. Sag’s quest is humanity’s quest. Sag’s quest, however, is always accompanied by music and good food.

You reserve your energy for important matters, tending conservatively to money with confidence and decisiveness. Do not overlook your health, become overworked or let your physical body become cold. Tend to yourself very carefully. Later you will plan holiday parties. Leaves, flowers, mercury and colored glass, bells and baubles everywhere. And snow.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Whatever you ask for eventually always come your way. You simply need to state your needs and they’re magnetized to you. Be careful, therefore, that what you ask for is what you’re seeking. I write often for you to tend to money and communication carefully. With the first be sure to tithe first.

With the second use speech to radiate goodwill into the world. These take discipline, which you possess more than most. Something secret or spiritual calls.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20

You begin to sense a certain level of dignity, self-confidence and self-assurance in relation to others. The Sun shining on all your interactions. You begin to cooperate more and hide less, allowing for changes of environment, an expansion of interests. You realize that even enemies and those you don’t like have purpose in your life’s work. Tend to commitments, consider suggestions and call forth deeper friendships.

There may be a new friendship or group(s) you’re pursuing. They help build you a new self-identity. Some Sags are thinking about interacting with or seeking their fathers. Some become fathers. Others seek teachers and teachings to bring harmony and balance into their lives.

All Sags are in a state of disequilibrium because new goals and adventures are forming, not yet visible. In perfect timing they appear. Always be grateful.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20

Daily routines take precedence in terms of diet and health, scheduling tasks and chores, and utilizing your energy more effectively. You’re grateful for this awareness. It allows for you to nourish yourself while also organizing the environment. Perhaps your garden called you to attention and the miracle each plant presents has shifted your emphasis. Cultivate a winter garden.

Assessing what you have and being ever thankful creates and expands inner happiness and joy. Life feels abundant.

Cultivating an attitude of abundance prepares you for the transformations occurring to all Capricorns (Pluto’s task).

Viewing all experiences as abundant helps others sustain lives of happiness and suffering. You understand both.

Actively cultivate stewardship (all of life is a garden to be tended). Your ways of being teach everyone that love underlies everything.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 Your creative abilities are in the spotlight. Everyone realizes that without you the work would not be carefully tended.

There’s praise for your ongoing accomplishments, praise for the connections you make and the people and events you cultivate. In return be sure to provide even greater praise for those around you. This brings forth in everyone a love not often experienced in the workplace. Soon creativity becomes even more serious.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Tend to home, family, parents and elders in every way. This principle of caring will be returned a hundredfold. Perhaps you feel unrecognized or unseen. This will not last. You will emerge from behind the veils into the light of day where new projects present themselves. Now the groundwork is being formed internally. Like seeds underground soon to sprout leaves and shoots, your life settles into new ideas, hopes and goals.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 You seek self-reliance and a greater level of practicality.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 For two-and-a half-years or more you will attempt to read more, study and expand your mind, which brings new prospects, new goals and new people into your life.

You recently found yourself making compromises. This is good. You feel secure enough in your willingness to help others. Aquarius is about serving humanity and you are learning this each day. Everyone is your group and your friend. Everyone helps you.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Concerned with the future and experiencing constant change you focus on work in order to feel stable, responsible and to have order and constancy in your life. However, the changes continue, the future is distant, things dissolve away and health becomes something to tend to. Maintain physical warmth (don’t get cold), create a daily exercise schedule, walk in the sun’s light each day, and maintain a direct and constant contact with Divinity and the devas watching over you.

A journey occurs.

Classifieds CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF ERNEST ALCARO CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV1801209 THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ERNEST ALCARO has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from Ernest Alcaro to: Ernest Bey. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING December 1, 2014 at 8:30am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: October 14, 2014. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior Court. October 22, 29 & November 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2074.

The following Individual is doing business as ERIK BURNS INTERACTIVE. 1299 LOST ACRE DRIVE, FELTON CA 95018 County of Santa Cruz. DAVID ERIK BURNS. 1299 LOST ACRE DRIVE, FELTON CA 95018 . This business is conducted by a DAVID ERIK BURNS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/1/2014. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 23, 2014. October 29 & November 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2044.

The following Individual is doing business as ARCHAEOLOGICAL GRAPHICS. 35 EASTRIDGE DR., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. ABIGAIL E. CRAWFORD. 35 EASTRIDGE DR., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060.

This business is conducted by a ABIGAIL E. CRAWFORD. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 20, 2014. October 29 & November 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2070.

The following Individual is doing business as AMAZING BONOBO CHOCOLATES. 4246 TOPSAIL CT., SOQUEL CA 95073 County of Santa Cruz. RITT DUDLEY. 4246 TOPSAIL CT., SOQUEL CA 95073. This business is conducted by a RITT DUDLEY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 20, 2014. October 29 & November 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2042 The following General Partnership is doing business as SQUEAKY CLEAN. 8005 WINKLE AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95065 County of Santa Cruz. ADAM HUGHES, ARON HUGHES, DAVID HUGHES & SUSAN HUGHES. 8005 WINKLE AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95065. This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed:ARON

HUGHES. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/20/2014 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 20, 2014. October 29 & November 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2078 The following Married Couple is doing business as ZAYANTE STUDIOS. 15205 UPPER EAST ZAYANTE ROAD, LOS GATOS CA 95033 County of Santa Cruz.

DAVID LEONARD JOHNSON & FAYE DOUGLAS JOHNSON. 15205 UPPER EAST ZAYANTE ROAD, LOS GATOS CA 95033 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: FAYE DOUGLAS JOHNSON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/1/2002 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 24, 2014. October29 & November 5, 12, 19.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2094 The following General Partnership is doing business as S.C. GLADIATORS ACADEMY. 318 MARKET ST. #A, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz.

DARIO MARGHERITI & ROBERTO PETRUZZI. 318 MARKET ST. #A, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed:DARIO MARGHERITI. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 28, 2014. November 5, 12, 19, 26.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 142103. The following Individual is doing business as PHOENIX UNLIMITED. 1012 3RD ST., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. HENRY G. SCHWAN. 1012 3RD ST., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual HENRY G. SCHWAN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/17/2014 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 29, 2014. November 5, 12, 19, 26.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2060 The following Individual is doing business as REMEDI. 7965 SOQUEL DRIVE, APTOS CA 95003 County of Santa Cruz.KELLY K. GIRARD. 607 MIDDLEFIELD DRIVE, APTOS CA 95003. This business is conducted by a Individual KELLY

K. GIRARD. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 21, 2014. November 5, 12, 19, 26.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF KEITH LEE RANFT CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV180298.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner KEITH LEE RANFT has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from Keith Lee Ranft to: Keith Lee Rodriguez.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING December 11, 2014 at 8:30am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: October 27, 2014. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior Court. November 5, 12, 19, 26.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 14-2107 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as DAVE’S CUSTOM BIKES. 910 SOQUEL AVE. UNIT A, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. DO-OVER BIKES, LLC. 910 SOQUEL AVE. UNIT A, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. Al# 28710186.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed:CATHERINE WILLIAMS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 30, 2014. November 5,12,19,26.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF DIANE ROSE CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV180125.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner DIANE ROSE has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from Jager Charles Seitz-Tosh to: Charlie Dylan Rose-Tosh THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING November 17, 2014 at 8:30am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: September 30, 2014. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior Court. October 8, 15, 22, 29.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2097.

The following Individual is doing business as DAMSEFLY DESIGNS. 133 WAUGH AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95065 County of Santa Cruz. LEANNA SIMMONS. 133 WAUGH AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95065. This business is conducted by a Individual LEANNA SIMMONS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/27/2014 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 28, 2014. November 12, 19, 26 & December 3.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 142131. The following Individual is doing business as H&D TOYS. 1855 41ST AVENUE, CAPITOLA CA 95010 County of Santa Cruz. HASAN NIFTIYEV. 5350 BELLAIRE BLVD. #775, BELLAIRE, TX 77402. This business is conducted by a Individual HASAN NIFTIYEV The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 3, 2014. November 12, 19, 26 & December 3.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2171.

The following Individual is doing business as LEGENDARY IRON WORKS. 111E LEE ROAD, WATSONVILLE CA 95073 County of Santa Cruz. MICHAEL HANS PFLUEGER. 252 SPRECKLES DRIVE, APTOS CA 95003.

This business is conducted by a Individual MICHAEL HANS PFLUEGER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 5/1/2012 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 10, 2014. November 12, 19, 26 & December 3.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 14-2153 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as AUTHENTIC SANTA CRUZ,

CONNECTED, ONETASTE SANTA CRUZ & RELATING GYM. 215 RIVER STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz.

RELATING DOJO, LLC. 215 RIVER STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. Al# 28910498. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Signed COLIN ROGNLIE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/23/2013.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 6, 2014. November 12, 19, 26 & December 3.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 14-2117 The following Corporation is doing business as HERBAL

O Antique Restorations O Furniture Design & Repair O Wooden Boat Works O Musical Instruments O Unique Projects isaiahwilliams13@gmail.com http://mastercraftsman.webs.com 768-0474

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OFDOROTHY QUESADA CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV180204 THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner DOROTHY QUESADA has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from Dorothy Quesada to: Dottie Escalante Quesada.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING December 2, 2014 at 8:30am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to

show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: October 14, 2014. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior Court. October 22, 29 & November 5, 12.

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This business is conducted condducted by a Corporation Signed: Signedd: JOHN registrant HADAYING. The reg gistrant commenced to transact transsact business under the fictitious fictitious business name listedd above on 10/31/2014.. This statement staatement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, Pellerin, County on Clerk of Santa Cruz County, C October 31, 2014. November N December 12, 19, 26 & Decem mber 3.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS BUSINE ESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. N 14-2181 The following Corporation Corporration is doing business as MARGA ARITAVILLE. MARGARITAVILLE. 231 ESPLANADE, SUITE SU UITE 101, CAPITOLA CA 95010 9 County of Santa Cruz.

Cruzz. SUNSET HOSPITALITY GROUP, GROU UP, INC. 16 HOLLINS DR., SANTA SANTTA CRUZ 3714869.

CA 95060. Al# 3714 4869.

This business is conducted condducted by a Corporation Signed: Signned: SARAH ORR. The registrant r transact commenced to trans sact business under the fictitious business b name listed above iss NOT APPLICABLE.. This statement was filed with Gail L.. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Santta Cruz County, on November Novembeer 12, 2014.

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of Santa Cruz. ARMITAGE WINE WINES ES CORP. 1975 COX ROAD, APTOS S CA 95003. Al# 3444558. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: BRANDON ARMITAGE. The registrant businesss commenced to transact busines under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/28/2014.

7/28/2014.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of November Santa Cruz County, on Novembe er 3, 2014. November 19, 26 & December 3, 10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 14-21233 The following Corporation is doing business as HEART O THE MOUNTAIN. 705 CANHAM ROAD, SCOTTS VALLEY CA 95066 County of Santa Cruz.

ARMITAGE WINES CORP. 1975 COX ROAD, APTOS CA 95003.

Al# 3444558. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: BRANDON ARMITAGE. ARMITAGE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/20/2014. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 3, 2014. November 19, 26 & December 3, 10.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2159 The following Individual is doing business as MENNAVIGATE. 1214 BROADWAY, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. K.A. FREIWALD. 1214 BROADWAY, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual

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Cecilia Gonzales, 34-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Student/stay-at-home mom Hobbies: Cooking, being with family Astrological Sign: Pisces

Marco Gonzales, 32-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

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Occupation: Electrician Hobbies: Surfing, cooking/grilling, having fun with family Astrological Sign: Leo What do you folks like to cook? CECILIA: “There’s an Italian influence to my cooking, but really, anything. I’m really big on eating healthy and making creative salads using kale and such. Shopper’s has the best produce selection, including organics.” MARCO: “Twice a month we’ll do a special burger night. I also like grilling steaks, chicken, lots of seafood, especially halibut. I converted Cecilia to seafood.” CECILIA: “The butchers are great: they’ll thin-slice pancetta, butterfly a whole chicken, and cut up an entire chuck roast for stews. Here, the people want to help you. You can’t get that elsewhere.”

Why not? MARCO: “It’s a family-run business. They treat customers right. We tell our kids, Gigi and Cash, that we’re going to Shopper’s and they jump and and down!”

CECILIA: “They have great connections with community vendors. I love their local and semi-local products such as Gayle’s breads, Donnelly ice cream bars, and these amazing Italian cookies from North Beach!” MARCO: “As a kid, I came here with my family. But now I realize, because of Cecilia, Shopper’s has the best quality products and pricing in town. You buy a tomato or an avocado and they’re ripe and ready to eat now.”

Plan on shopping here for the holidays?

CECILIA: “Definitely. For Thanksgiving, we’ll get a Diestel turkey and all the fixings. For Christmas, my mother and I usually cook together. We’ll get fresh crab, but we like to change it up, too: maybe a filet roast, or a pot roast, something big and exciting.” MARCO: “Shopping here gets you in the holiday spirit.

Though you have the hustle and bustle, everyone is so polite and smiling. They do their best to get you in and out quickly” CECILIA: “I tell people that Shopper’s is an institution. They have everything you need, and the people are so nice.”

“Shopping here gets you in the holiday spirit. Though you have the hustle and bustle, everyone is so polite and smiling.”

Corner: Soquel & Branciforte Avenues | 7 Days: 6am-9pm | Meat: 423-1696 | Produce: 429-1499 | Grocery: 423-1398 | Wine: 429-1804

Superb Products of Value: Local, Natural, Gourmet ■ Neighborhood Service for 76 Years